Colossus : the secrets of Bletchley Park's codebreaking computers /

The American ENIAC is customarily regarded as having been the starting point of electronic computation. This book rewrites the history of computer science, arguing that in reality Colossus--the giant computer built by the British secret service during World War II--predates ENIAC by two years. Colos...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors:	Copeland, B. Jack, 1950-
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2006 Oxford ; New York : c2006 Oxford [England] ; New York : 2006 Oxford ; New York : 2006
Subjects:	Great Britain > Government Code and Cypher School > History. World War (1939-1945) 1939 - 1945 1939-1945 Geschichte 1943 Geschichte 1943-1945 Cryptography > Germany > History Cryptography > Great Britain > History Lorenz cipher system World War, 1939-1945 > Cryptography World War, 1939-1945 > Electronic intelligence > Great Britain Cryptographie > Allemagne > Histoire Cryptographie > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 > Cryptographie Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 > Renseignement électronique > Grande-Bretagne Lorenz (Machine à chiffrer) Cryptography Electronic intelligence History Germany Great Britain

Table of Contents:

A brief history of cryptography from Caesar to Bletchley Park / Simon Singh
How it began : Bletchley Park goes to war / Michael Smith
The German Tunny machine / Jack Copeland
Colossus, codebreaking, and the digital age / Stephen Budiansky
Machine against machine / Jack Copeland
D-Day at Bletchley Park / Thomas H. Flowers
Intercept! / Jack Copeland
Colossus / Thomas H. Flowers
Colossus and the rise of the modern computer / Jack Copeland
The PC user's guide to Colossus / Benjamin Wells
Of men and machines / Brian Randell
The Colossus rebuild / Tony Sale
Mr. Newman's section / Jack Copeland, with Catherine Caughey ... [et al.]
Max Newman : mathematician, codebreaker, and computer pioneer / William Newman
Living with Fish : breaking Tunny in the Newmanry and the Testery / Peter Hilton
From Hut 8 to the Newmanry / Jack Good
Codebreaking and Colossus / Donald Michie
Major Tester's section / Jerry Roberts
Setter and breaker / Roy Jenkins
An ATS girl in the Testery / Helen Currie
The Testery and the breaking of Fish / Peter Edgerley
Dollis Hill at war / Jack Copeland, with David Bolam ... [et al.]
The British Tunny machine / Gil Hayward
How Colossus was built and operated : one of its engineers reveals its secrets / Harry Fensom
Bletchley Park's Sturgeon : the Fish that laid no eggs / Frode Weierud
German teleprinter traffic and Swedish wartime intelligence / Craig McKay
A brief history of cryptography from Caesar to Bletchley Park / Simon Singh
How it began : Bletchley Park goes to war / Michael Smith
The German Tunny machine / Jack Copeland
Colossus, codebreaking, and the digital age / Stephen Budiansky
Machine against machine / Jack Copeland
D-Day at Bletchley Park / Thomas H. Flowers
Intercept! / Jack Copeland
Colossus / Thomas H. Flowers
Colossus and the rise of the modern computer / Jack Copeland
The PC-user's guide to Colossus / Benjamin Wells
Of men and machines / Brian Randell
The Colossus rebuild / Tony Sale
Mr. Newman's section / Jack Copeland, with Catherine Caughey ... [et al.]
Max Newman : mathematician, codebreaker, and computer pioneer / William Newman
Living with Fish : breaking Tunny in the Newmanry and the Testery / Peter Hilton
From Hut 8 to the Newmanry / Irving John (Jack) Good
Codebreaking and Colossus / Donald Michie
Major Tester's section / Jerry Roberts
Setter and breaker / Roy Jenkins
An ATS girl in the Testery / Helen Currie
The Testery and the breaking of Fish / Peter Edgerley
Dollis Hill at war / Jack Copeland, with David Bolam ... [et al.]
The British Tunny machine / Gil Hayward
How Colossus was built and operated : one of its engineers reveals its secrets / Harry Fensom
Bletchley Park's Sturgeon : the Fish that laid no eggs / Frode Weierud
German teleprinter traffic and Swedish wartime intelligence / Craig McKay
A brief history of cryptography from Caesar to Bletchley Park / Simon Singh
How it began : Bletchley Park goes to war / Michael Smith
The German Tunny machine / Jack Copeland
Colossus, codebreaking, and the digital age / Stephen Budiansky
Machine against machine / Jack Copeland
D-Day at Bletchley Park / Thomas H. Flowers
Intercept! / Jack Copeland
Colossus / Thomas H. Flowers
Colossus and the rise of the modern computer / Jack Copeland
The PC-user's guide to Colossus / Benjamin Wells
Of men and machines / Brian Randell
The Colossus rebuild / Tony Sale
Mr. Newman's section / Jack Copeland, with Catherine Caughey ... [et al.]
Max Newman : mathematician, codebreaker, and computer pioneer / William Newman
Living with Fish : breaking Tunny in the Newmanry and the Testery / Peter Hilton
From Hut 8 to the Newmanry / Jack Good
Codebreaking and Colossus / Donald Michie
Major Tester's section / Jerry Roberts
Setter and breaker / Roy Jenkins
An ATS girl in the Testery / Helen Currie
The Testery and the breaking of Fish / Peter Edgerley
Dollis Hill at war / Jack Copeland, with David Bolam ... [et al.]
The British Tunny machine / Gil Hayward
How Colossus was built and operated : one of its engineers reveals its secrets / Harry Fensom
Bletchley Park's Sturgeon : the Fish that laid no eggs / Frode Weierud
German teleprinter traffic and Swedish wartime intelligence / Craig McKay
1 A brief history of cryptography from Caesar to Bletchley Park / Simon Singh
2. How it began : Bletchley Park goes to war / Michael Smith
3. The German Tunny machine / Jack Copeland
4. Colossus, codebreaking, and the digital age / Stephen Budiansky
5. Machine against machine / Jack Copeland
6. D-Day at Bletchley Park / Thomas H. Flowers
7. Intercept! / Jack Copeland
8. Colossus / Thomas H. Flowers
9. Colossus and the rise of the modern computer / Jack Copeland
10. The PC-user's guide to Colossus / Benjamin Wells
11. Of mice and machines / Brian Randell
12. The Colossus rebuild / Tony Sale
13. Mr Newman's section / Jack Copeland, Catherine Caughey, Dorothy Du Boisson, Eleanor Ireland, Ken Myers and Norman Thurlow
14. Max Newman - mathematician, codebreaker, and computer pioneer / William Newman
15. Living with fish : breaking Tunny in the Newmanry and the Testery / Peter Hilton
16. From Hut 8 to the Newmanry / Irving John (Jack) Good
17. Codebreaking and Colossus / Donald Michie
18. Major Tester's section / Jerry Roberts
19. Setter and breaker / Roy Jenkins
20. An ATS girl in the Testery / Helen Currie
21. The Testery and the breaking of fish / Peter Edgerley
22. Dollis Hill at war / Jack Copeland, David Bolam, Harry Fensom, Gil Hayward and Norman Thurlow
23. The British Tunny machine / Gil Hayward
24. How Colossus was built and operated - one of its engineers reveals its secrets / Harry Fensom
25. Bletchley Park's sturgeon - the fish that laid no eggs / Frode Weierud
26. German teleprinter traffic and Swedish wartime intelligence / Craig McKay
App. A1. Timeline : the breaking of Tunny
App. A2. The teleprinter alphabet / Jack Copeland
App. A3. The Tunny Addition Square / Jack Copeland
App. A4. My work at Bletchley Park / William T. Tutte
App. A5. The tiltman break / Friedrich L. Bauer
App. A6. Turingery / Jack Copeland
App. A7. [Delta][subscript [Chi]]-method / Max Newman
App. A8. Newman's theorem / Friedrich L. Bauer
App. A9. Rectangling / Frank Carter
App. A10. The motor-wheels and limitations / Jack Good, Donald Michie and Geoffrey Timms
App. A11. Motorless Tunny / Jack Good and Donald Michie
App. A12. Origins of the fish cypher machines / Friedrich L. Bauer.
1 A brief history of cryptography from Caesar to Bletchley Park / Simon Singh
2. How it began : Bletchley Park goes to war / Michael Smith
3. The German Tunny machine / Jack Copeland
4. Colossus, codebreaking, and the digital age / Stephen Budiansky
5. Machine against machine / Jack Copeland
6. D-Day at Bletchley Park / Thomas H. Flowers
7. Intercept! / Jack Copeland
8. Colossus / Thomas H. Flowers
9. Colossus and the rise of the modern computer / Jack Copeland
10. The PC-user's guide to Colossus / Benjamin Wells
11. Of mice and machines / Brian Randell
12. The Colossus rebuild / Tony Sale
13. Mr Newman's section / Jack Copeland, Catherine Caughey, Dorothy Du Boisson, Eleanor Ireland, Ken Myers and Norman Thurlow
14. Max Newman - mathematician, codebreaker, and computer pioneer / William Newman
15. Living with fish : breaking Tunny in the Newmanry and the Testery / Peter Hilton
16. From Hut 8 to the Newmanry / Irving John (Jack) Good
17. Codebreaking and Colossus / Donald Michie
18. Major Tester's section / Jerry Roberts
19. Setter and breaker / Roy Jenkins
20. An ATS girl in the Testery / Helen Currie
21. The Testery and the breaking of fish / Peter Edgerley
22. Dollis Hill at war / Jack Copeland, David Bolam, Harry Fensom, Gil Hayward and Norman Thurlow
23. The British Tunny machine / Gil Hayward
24. How Colossus was built and operated - one of its engineers reveals its secrets / Harry Fensom
25. Bletchley Park's sturgeon - the fish that laid no eggs / Frode Weierud
26. German teleprinter traffic and Swedish wartime intelligence / Craig McKay
App. A1. Timeline : the breaking of Tunny
App. A2. The teleprinter alphabet / Jack Copeland
App. A3. The Tunny Addition Square / Jack Copeland
App. A4. My work at Bletchley Park / William T. Tutte
App. A5 The tiltman break / Friedrich L. Bauer
App. A6. Turingery / Jack Copeland
App. A7. [Delta][subscript [Chi]]-method / Max Newman
App. A8. Newman's theorem / Friedrich L. Bauer
App. A9. Rectangling / Frank Carter
App. A10. The motor-wheels and limitations / Jack Good, Donald Michie and Geoffrey Timms
App. A11. Motorless Tunny / Jack Good and Donald Michie
App. A12. Origins of the fish cypher machines / Friedrich L. Bauer.

Colossus : the secrets of Bletchley Park's codebreaking computers /

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