A chain of intellectual breakthroughs followed, generating better ways of measuring and counting, and cracking the codes of physics, chemistry and biology.

一系列智能突破随之而来，他们产生了更先进的度量和计算法，破解了物理、化学、生物的奥秘。

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If, like us, you struggle to read the front of the Corn Flakes box of a morning, you likely gave up any hope of cracking ancient codes long ago.

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Is he any good behind the wheel of a speeding car or cracking codes?

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