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Colossus: The Secret of Bletchley Park's Codebreaking Computers

by Jack Copeland

Copeland’s book is a masterpiece. It reveals in a very technically correct way how the German codes [during WWII] got broken

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The best books on The Origins of Computing, recommended by George Dyson

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The Universal Computer
by Martin Davis

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The best books on The Origins of Computing - Alan Turing by Andrew Hodges

Colossus: The Secret of Bletchley Park's Codebreaking Computers
by Jack Copeland

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When Computers Were Human
by David Alan Grier

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Core Memory
by John Alderman (author) and Mark Richards (photographer)

The best books on The Origins of Computing, recommended by George Dyson

As we approach the centenary of Alan Turing’s birth, science historian George Dyson looks back at the achievements of wartime code breaking and the “human computers” who enabled our modern age of iPhones and laptops

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Colossus: The Secret of Bletchley Park's Codebreaking Computers
by Jack Copeland

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Books by Jack Copeland

Colossus: The Secret of Bletchley Park's Codebreaking Computers

by Jack Copeland

Interviews where books by Jack Copeland were recommended

The best books on The Origins of Computing, recommended by George Dyson

The Universal Computer by Martin Davis

Alan Turing by Andrew Hodges

Colossus: The Secret of Bletchley Park's Codebreaking Computers by Jack Copeland

When Computers Were Human by David Alan Grier

Core Memory by John Alderman (author) and Mark Richards (photographer)

The best books on The Origins of Computing, recommended by George Dyson

Books by Jack Copeland

Colossus: The Secret of Bletchley Park's Codebreaking Computers by Jack Copeland

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The Universal Computer
by Martin Davis

Alan Turing
by Andrew Hodges

Colossus: The Secret of Bletchley Park's Codebreaking Computers
by Jack Copeland

When Computers Were Human
by David Alan Grier

Core Memory
by John Alderman (author) and Mark Richards (photographer)

Colossus: The Secret of Bletchley Park's Codebreaking Computers
by Jack Copeland