The Case of Alan Turing: The Extraordinary and Tragic Story of the Legendary Codebreaker

by Arnaud Delalande and Éric Liberge

Book Overview

Alan Turing, subject of the Oscar-winning 2014 film The Imitation Game, was the brilliant mathematician solicited by the British government to help decipher messages sent by Germany's Enigma machines during World War II. The work of Turing and his colleagues at Hut 8 created what became known as the "bombe" which descrambled the German navy's messages and saved countless lives and millions in British goods and merchandise.

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• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1551526506
• ISBN13: 9781551526508
• Release Date: October 2016
• Publisher: Arsenal Pulp Press
• Length: 112 Pages
• Weight: 1.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 9.1" x 11.3"
• Age Range: 15 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 10 and higher