![]() ![]() So going into this book I wondered if it might just be more of the same for me. ![]() I’ve read quite a bit about Alan Turing and Bletchley Park and codebreakers during WW2, and have watched a number of related documentaries, as well as The Imitation Game movie starring Benedict Cumberbatch as Turing. Surprises are good, but the thought of missing out is a little frightening. I really need to keep on top of his upcoming projects. Maybe a new reader with no knowledge of Turing may get a bit lost.īut I certainly enjoyed it. The only thing I worry about is that I followed all the details and characters so well because I had encountered them before. ![]() You could give it to a nerdy teen to enjoy. I felt it was probably inaccessible to most people. But the Hodges biography was steeped in math. But there were different facts and stories here. It's not as good as Andrew Hodges book, but this is a different form. I'm going to compare it to Andrew Hodges written biography which I adored and the movie adaptation. I read it on the plane back to Sydney today. But Melbourne is lacking in really good book stores - amazing for a city so sophisticated and nice.Īnyway, I stumbled across this book - the same author as the amazing 'Feynman' graphic novel! I was down in Melbourne over the Easter weekend for the International Comedy Festival (good times) and I visited the large Dymocks on Collins St. ![]()
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