Colossus [electronic resource] : Bletchley Park's Last Secret
Gannon, Paul2014
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'Gannon's book contains a mass of utterly fascinating and largely unknown material about an immensely important wartime project, and is very welcome indeed.' Brian Rendell, TES In 1940, almost a year after the outbreak of the Second World war, Allied radio operators at an interception station in South London began picking up messages in a strange new code. Using science, maths, innovation and improvisation Bletchley Park codebreakers worked furiously to invent a machine to decipher what turned out to be the secrets of Nazi high command. It was called Colossus. What these codebreakers didn't realize was that they had to fashion the world's first true computer. When the war ended, this incredible invention was dismantled and hidden away for almost 50 years. Paul Gannon has pieced together the tremendous story of what is now recognized as the greatest secret of Bletchley Park.
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Author:
Gannon, Paul, Author
Imprint:
[Place of publication not identified] : Atlantic Books, 2014
Collation:
1 online resource (1 text file)
Biography/History:
Paul Gannon writes on all aspects of information and communications technology.
ISBN:
9781782394020
Language:
English
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BRN:
323526
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| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
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| Online | Online resource (Member logon) | Libby, by Overdrive - eBook |