Mordecai Meirowitz

Israeli telecommunications expert (born 1930)

Mordechai Meirovitz

מרדכי מאירוביץ

Born| 1930

Romania

Known for| Mastermind

Mordechai Meirovitz (Hebrew: מרדכי מאירוביץ; born 1930 in Romania) is an Israeli telecommunications expert and games maker.

Meirovitz invented the code-breaking board game Master Mind. After being rejected by leading games companies, he sparked the interest of a Leicester-based company, Invicta Plastics, which restyled and renamed the game.[1] Released in 1971, the game sold over 50 million sets in 80 countries, making it the most successful new game of the 1970s.[2]

In Israel, the game is marketed as Bul pgi'a (Hebrew: בול פגיעה).[3]

## See also

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* Israeli inventions and discoveries

## References

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1. ^ Invicta Toys and Games Archived 12 August 2007 at the Wayback Machine
2. ^ Pickover, Clifford A. (2009). The Math Book: From Pythagoras to the 57th Dimension, 250 Milestones in the History of Mathematics. New York: Sterling. ISBN 978-1-4027-5796-9. OCLC 262694306., p.442.
3. ^ Orda Hebrew Edition