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Hodges biography of Turing is a monumental piece of work, covering Turings private and family life, his time as a codebreaker, later work in Manchester attempting to build the first real computer, and lesser discussed work such as his voice encrypting transatlantic telephone and his study of morphogenesis.

You not only get the story of these events, but the work is detailed at such a level as to satisfy an academic.So

if, for example, you've heard the Enigma code breaking story but really wanted to hear the step by step process from transmission to plain text, this book's for you.

The current edition is branded like the Film, but don't let that put you off.




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