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Colossus: The secrets of Bletchley Park´s code-breaking computers
B. Jack Copeland
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Description for Colossus: The secrets of Bletchley Park´s code-breaking computers
Paperback. 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. Num Pages: 480 pages, various line drawings and 16pp black and white plate section. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJH; HBJD1; HBLW; HBWQ; JWKF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 156 x 37. Weight in Grams: 748.
At last - the secrets of Bletchley Park's powerful codebreaking computers. This is a history of Colossus, the world's first fully-functioning electronic digital computer. Colossus was used during the Second World War at the Government Code and Cypher School at Bletchley Park, where it played an invaluable role cracking enemy codes. Until very recently, much about the Colossus machine was shrouded in secrecy, largely because the codes that were employed remained in use by the British security services until a short time ago. This book only became possible due to the declassification in the US of wartime documents. ... Read more
At last - the secrets of Bletchley Park's powerful codebreaking computers. This is a history of Colossus, the world's first fully-functioning electronic digital computer. Colossus was used during the Second World War at the Government Code and Cypher School at Bletchley Park, where it played an invaluable role cracking enemy codes. Until very recently, much about the Colossus machine was shrouded in secrecy, largely because the codes that were employed remained in use by the British security services until a short time ago. This book only became possible due to the declassification in the US of wartime documents. ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
480
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
Number of Pages
480
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780199578146
SKU
V9780199578146
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About B. Jack Copeland
Jack Copeland is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Canterbury in New Zealand and Director of the Turing Archive for the History of Computing, and has been studying the history of Bletchley Park since 1992. He is a contributor to Scientific American and his previous publications include Artificial Intelligence, (Blackwell, 1993), Logic and Reality (OUP, 1996), Turing's ... Read more
Reviews for Colossus: The secrets of Bletchley Park´s code-breaking computers
Copeland's book is a masterpiece.
George Dyson, author of Turing's Cathedral
Review from previous edition Copeland and other contributors have rightly done Flowers and the Tunny code-breakers proud An engaging book that will be essential reading for historians of twentieth-century technology and warfare.
Nature
formidably detailed
Guardian
compelling compilation
New Scientist
George Dyson, author of Turing's Cathedral
Review from previous edition Copeland and other contributors have rightly done Flowers and the Tunny code-breakers proud An engaging book that will be essential reading for historians of twentieth-century technology and warfare.
Nature
formidably detailed
Guardian
compelling compilation
New Scientist