Alan Turing
Remarkable Lives
$21.49
- Paperback
32 pages
- Release Date
25 July 2019
Summary
Today, Alan Turing is a well-recognised name, but it was not always so. Until the last few years of the 20th century hardly anyone had heard of him or his achievements.
All that changed when the British government permitted the story of Bletchley Park during the Second World War to emerge. We learnt that Alan Turing had had a pivotal role in breaking the Enigma cipher, used by German forces. This was so significant that it helped to shorten the length of the war.
Alan Turing w…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781841658773 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1841658774 |
| Author: | Dermot Turing |
| Publisher: | Batsford |
| Imprint: | Pitkin Publishing |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 32 |
| Release Date: | 25 July 2019 |
| Weight: | 130g |
| Dimensions: | 240mm x 172mm |
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About The Author
Dermot Turing
British solicitor and author Dermot Turing is the nephew of Alan Turing, and trustee of Bletchley Park where Alan Turing worked as a codebreaker. He has written on Turing’s life, including PROF Alan Turing Decoded and The Bombe Breakthrough for Pitkin.
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