Lock 3 - Portrait of a scientist
- Some characters can tell you who is on the photo but only Dr. Lehoczky knows if he ever had any connection to Sándor Szalay.
- Look at the holographic object on the director’s desk – a present on the occasion of an anniversary. Ask him about it.
- Tamara Sáfrány will analyze the signet ring. But it is for you to assemble the entire message - in a „legacy” software on her computer.
- PUZZLE: Graphalizer (see there)
- Even if you recognize what is on the picture, it might be useful to look it up in MiniWiki.
- Vera has an idea about the transparent clock face. She tells you about professor Szalay’s famous experiment documented on an old photograph. You know where to find it.
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The solution is simpler than it looks! Go to the Szalay display and open it with the key. There is a black picture with a photo and a formula, documenting a historical experiment to verify the existence of the neutrino in 1956. Place the clock face on the picture; it will automatically be in the right position. No need to turn it and no need to use the formula! The white spots are important: they show a path, the „escape of the neutrino” as captured in the experiment. Imagine they are hands of the clock. Notice they point to 7:20, as the clock face indicates. But there is a third hand of the „clock”, showing the seconds. It points to 1.
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- Now you have three data from three different sources. They make out a certain date.
SPOILER
Dennis Gabor visited Atomki in 1969 (you know this from Lehoczky). He brought the holographic object to commemorate something that had happened 15 years earlier (1969-15 = in 1954).
The signet ring concealed the picture of Julius Caesar – the month of July was named after him – it is obvious, but also mentioned in the MiniWiki article about Caesar.
The arrow (as a sweep hand) on the clock face points to 1.
Assemble the date: 1 July 1954.
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- Dr. Lehoczky tells you this is the date of Atomki’s establishment. The Deed of Foundation is on the wall. Look at it carefully (turn in over). There are two words on the back: Vigenére and Deuterium
- Bíboros can tell you about Vigenère and give you some help to solve the encrypted message.
- PUZZLE: The Vigenère code (see there)
