The Turing Tests: Expert Word Puzzles: Foreword by Sir Dermot Turing (The Turing Tests, 5) - Softcover

Saunders, Eric

Softcover

ISBN 10: 183940308X ISBN 13: 9781839403088

Publisher: Arcturus, 2020

Synopsis

Published in association with the Turing Trust, this challenging collection of word-based puzzles will stretch, puzzle and entertain you for hours. It offers the puzzle enthusiast a tough, but enjoyable, challenge, with puzzles of many varied types.

Alan Turing is often called the father of modern computing. During World War II, he worked at Bletchley Park, where top secret work was carried out to decipher the military codes used by Germany and its allies. Turing played a pivotal role in cracking intercepted coded messages that enabled the Allies to defeat the Nazis in many crucial engagements, and his work was vital in helping the Allies win the war.

Sales of this book support the work of The Turing Trust, the charity set up by Alan's family in his memory.

ABOUT THE SERIES: The Turing Tests are a series of innovative puzzle books, inspired by the ingenious problem-solving skills of World War II codebreaker Alan Turing. Each title includes a variety of compelling puzzle types designed to challenge and stretch your mind. Do you have what it takes to solve them all?

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About the Author

Eric Saunders is a prolific writer of non-fiction for children and adults, specialising in puzzle and activity books. He has been compiling puzzles for over 35 years, and his work can be found in books, newspapers and websites around the world. He lives in Wales.

Dermot Turing graduated from King's College Cambridge and New College Oxford. He is the nephew of Alan Turing, a former trustee of Bletchley Park and author of the latest biography on Turing (Prof: Alan Turing Decoded, published in 2015 by The History Press).

Edition details

• Publisher: Arcturus
• Publication date: 2020
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 183940308X
• ISBN 13: 9781839403088
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 160