{"product_id":"alan-turing","title":"Alan Turing","description":"\u003cp\u003eToday, Alan Turing is a well-recognised name, but it was not always so. Until the last few years of the 20th century hardly anyone had heard of him or his achievements.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAll that changed when the British government permitted the story of Bletchley Park during the Second World War to emerge.We learnt that Alan Turing had had a pivotal role in breaking the Enigma cipher, used by German forces.This was so significant that it helped to shorten the length of the war.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAlan Turing was an extraordinary man who crammed into a life of only 42 years other careers besides secret codebreaker: he was also a mathematician, computer scientist and biologist. For example, with Tommy Flowers he built the first computer. A man ahead of his time, many of his theories and calculations are still relevant today.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn this guide to a truly remarkable life, recent research by Alan Turing''s nephew, Dermot, has unearthed a fresh perspective and made entirely accessible this story to the modern reader.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57312037896574,"sku":"NW9781841658773","price":7.24,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9781841658773.jpg?v=1778586167","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/products\/alan-turing","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}