Wednesday, June 1, 2022

Book Review: Geniuses at War: Bletchley Park, Colossus, and the Dawn of the Digital Age (2021). David A. Price.

A historical side-note to the history of Bletchley Park and World War II code breaking by the British, this book focuses on the small group of scientists, engineers and mathematicians who invented the first modern electronic computers, in order to speed up the secret code-breaking operations.

This is another of the recent releases revealing archival details that had been suppressed for many decades under the Official Secrets Act, where the principals who were there at the time weren't allowed to talk about or take credit for their achievements until long after the age of computers had begun.  Recommended.

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