Bibliograph

Alan Turing, the enigma : the book that inspired the film The imitation game, Andrew Hodges

Type

Label

Alan Turing, the enigma : the book that inspired the film The imitation game, Andrew Hodges

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

resource.biographical

individual biography

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Alan Turing

Responsibility statement

Andrew Hodges

Sub title

the enigma : the book that inspired the film The imitation game

Summary

This film tie-in tells the true story behind the nail-biting race against time following Alan Turing (pioneer of modern-day computing and credited with cracking the German Enigma code) and his brilliant team at Britain's top-secret code-breaking centre, Bletchley Park, during the darkest days of World War II. Turing, whose contributions and genius significantly shortened the war, saving thousands of lives, was the eventual victim of an unenlightened British establishment, but his work and legacy live on.1954, aged 41, Alan Turing committed suicide and one of Britain's greatest scientific minds was lost

Target audience

adult

Classification