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Colossus: The secrets of Bletchley Park's code-breaking computers
Copeland, B. Jack (Professor of Philosophy at the University of Canterbury in New Zealand, and Director of the Turing Archive for the History of Computing)
Colossus: The secrets of Bletchley Park's code-breaking computers
Copeland, B. Jack (Professor of Philosophy at the University of Canterbury in New Zealand, and Director of the Turing Archive for the History of Computing)
Shrouded in secrecy until recently, Colossus was the world's first fully-functioning electronic computer, built during the Second World War and used at Bletchley Park to crack the codes of high-level Nazi communications. This collection of essays delves into code-breaking, personal recollections, and declassified information.
480 pages, various line drawings and 16pp black and white plate section
Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
Released | March 18, 2010 |
ISBN13 | 9780199578146 |
Publishers | Oxford University Press |
Pages | 480 |
Dimensions | 156 × 232 × 37 mm · 628 g |