A difference maker
Thursday, February 17, 2011 - 10:21
in Mathematics & Economics
In January 1942, a month after the United States entered World War II, Japan launched a new series of attacks in the Pacific, while German submarines started a new wave of strikes in the Atlantic. Against this grim backdrop, Colliers magazine ran a story for its 2.5 million readers about one vital person who, it claimed, could turn the tide: Meet the man who may win the war, the publication said.