Author: Copeland, B. Jack (editor).
Title: Colossus: The Secrets of Bletchley Park's Codebreaking Computers.
Description: Oxford Oxford University Press (OUP), 2010. Reprint ed. Paperback thick octavo, very good condition, black & white photos (including frontispiece), figures, spine faintly creased, minor edgewear. 462 pp. These essays by B. Jack Copeland and others reveal the story of Colossus - not only the world's first large-scale electronic digital computer, but also a machine that changed the course of World War 2 (WW2) and saved an incalculable number of lives. Housed at Bletchley Park, this machine was created to launch a fast-paced code-breaking assault on high-level Nazi communications. From front cover: 'Recently Declassified Information'. ISBN: 9780199578146

Keywords: military, world war 2 (ww2), espionage, spying, technology, computers, code-breaking, europe, germany, nazis, britain 9780199578146


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