9780947712365 - the Colossus Computer (1943-1996): and How It Helped to Break the German Lorenz Cipher in Wwii by Sale, Tony (2 results)
Language: English
Published by M.& M.Baldwin, Cleobury Mortimer, Shropshire, 2011
- Softcover
- First Edition
Seller: Antiquarius Booksellers, Falkland, BC, CanadaAntiquarius Booksellers
Contact seller4-star sellerCondition: Used - Fine
£ 11.36
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Stapled Wrappers. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Colossus was the world's first programmable, electronic, digital computer, designed by Tommy Flowers to break the German Lorenz cipher SZ42 during WWII. By using 2,500 thermionic valves, it automated labor-intensive statistical methods, allowing codebreakers at Bletchley Park to re…ad high-level strategic German messages quickly. This is a brief booklet detailing its history, iys destruction, and eventually its rebuilding. 20pp, ikllustrated. Ships via Canada Post Lettermail, very inexpensive.
The Colossus Computer 1943-1996 and How it Helped to Break the German Lorenz Cipher in WWII [signed]
Language: English
Published by M & M Baldwin, Cleobury Mortimer, Shropshire, 1998
- Softcover
- Signed
Seller: Riverby Books, Fredericksburg, VA, U.S.A.Riverby Books
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Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Staple-bound softcover. Green covers clean; binding tight. Former price sticker of £3.00 on rear. Title page dated 1998. Copyright page dated 1998. 17 pages. Black and white photographs in the text. Signed on title page by Tony Sale, dated 2003. Overall very good condition. This volume comes fro…m the Aviation collection of Prof. Chris Sterling. Sterling spent his lifetime teaching, writing, and collecting books on civil and military aviation. We are proud to house his Aviation collection, part of the extensive library which is his legacy. Please email with questions or to request photos. Note: if there is a photo beside this listing, it's a STOCK photo that ABE put there (for reasons that we cannot understand or control) and might not match this actual book. Signed by Author(s).
