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The Bletchley Park Enigma: 200+ Facts on the Story of Alan Turing That Inspired the Smash Hit Movie The Imitation Game Starring Benedict Cumberbatch
Alan Johnson
ASIN: B00P5HBZP2
Publisher: Amazon Digital Services LLC
Pages: 60

Are you a movie fan looking forward to seeing The Imitation Game starring Benedict Cumberbatch?Or a World War II buff with a particular interest in code breaking?Alan Turing, the man who Winston Churchill described as the single biggest contributor to the Allied victory over the Nazis, was a genius of our lifetime and father of the modern day computer. That we can now sit and read books on a computer screen is largely thanks to his early work developing the world’s first computer. His code-breaking efforts during the Second World War are thought to have brought forward the end of the war by two years, a remarkable achievement. Recently, recognition of Turing’s work has exploded.Bletchley Park where Turing worked during WWII has been restored. It now acts as a major tourist destination and place of historical interest. Turing’s story has also now been dramatized in a major new movie ...
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3.5 stars from 44 ratings