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Colossus: The Secrets of Bletchley Park's Codebreaking Computers.
by Copeland, B. Jack (editor)
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- Paperback
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- ISBN 10
- 0199578141
- ISBN 13
- 9780199578146
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About This Item
Oxford: Oxford University Press (OUP), 2010. Reprint ed.. Paperback thick octavo, very good condition, black & white photos (including frontispiece), figures, spine faintly creased, minor edgewear. 462 pp. These essays by B. Jack Copeland and others reveal the story of Colossus - not only the world's first large-scale electronic digital computer, but also a machine that changed the course of World War 2 (WW2) and saved an incalculable number of lives. Housed at Bletchley Park, this machine was created to launch a fast-paced code-breaking assault on high-level Nazi communications. From front cover: 'Recently Declassified Information'.
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- Bookseller
- Bookhome Sydney
(AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 30141
- Title
- Colossus: The Secrets of Bletchley Park's Codebreaking Computers.
- Author
- Copeland, B. Jack (editor)
- Book Condition
- Used
- Edition
- Reprint ed.
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0199578141
- ISBN 13
- 9780199578146
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press (OUP)
- Place of Publication
- Oxford
- Date Published
- 2010
- Keywords
- military, world war 2 (ww2), espionage, spying, technology, computers, code-breaking, europe, germany, nazis, britain
- Bookseller catalogs
- MILITARY & ESPIONAGE;
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Annandale, New South Wales
About Bookhome Sydney
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- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....