Colossus: The First Electronic Computer (Popular Science)
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Editor: Jack CopelandEdition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2006-05-04
ISBN: 019284055X
Number of pages: 480
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
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Book Review: Colossus: The Secrets of Bletchley Park's Code Breaking Computers
Summary: 4 Stars
This book is a copendium of histories from the people who were at Bletchley Park who actually did the code breaking. I found their stories facinating. There is also some moderately technical information that describes how the several code breaking machines worked. This is the first description that I have seen of the effort to break the codes associated with the German teletytpe system. I found the book facinating.
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