Publisher's Synopsis
What if the most important mind of the 20th century was erased from history?
Nikolaus Bauer was a prodigy-an enigma whose genius rivaled Alan Turing, but whose name has been lost to time. Born in pre-war Germany, Bauer's pioneering work in encryption, predictive intelligence, and artificial intelligence was decades ahead of its time. He predicted the rise of self-learning machines, theorized behavioral algorithms that could forecast human decisions, and devised encryption so advanced that even modern cybersecurity experts struggle to replicate it. Then, in 1935, he vanished. No official records. No confirmed death. Just whispers in declassified intelligence files, cryptic references in Cold War documents, and eerie similarities between his lost research and today's most powerful AI systems. Some say the Nazis took him. Others believe he defected to the Allies. Some claim he resurfaced decades later in South America, working in the shadows of intelligence agencies. But one thing is certain-his ideas never died. They were stolen, weaponized, and buried in classified projects that continue to shape our world. Shadow of the Titan uncovers the truth about a man who was too brilliant, too dangerous, and too ahead of his time. From his childhood as a mathematical prodigy to his entanglement with Nazi and Allied intelligence, this book pieces together the missing fragments of his life, his mysterious disappearance, and the terrifying implications of his work on modern artificial intelligence and global surveillance. Who was Nikolaus Bauer? Why was he erased? And could his final research still be out