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Andrew Hodges

UK · Codebreaking — biography

About

Oxford mathematician whose 1983 life of Alan Turing remains the standard biography and was the basis for the film The Imitation Game.

Books in Database (1)

Alan Turing: The Enigma cover
Alan Turing: The Enigma 1983 · 736 pages

The definitive life of the man who broke the U-boat Enigma and conceived the computer — then was destroyed by the country he saved.

Events Covered

1939 Battle of the Atlantic