William Knowles wrote:
> Grouped together in the so-called 'Ultra' project, the code-breakers,
> chief among them British mathematical genius Alan Turing working
> alongside mathematicians, linguists and champion chess players,
> endeavoured to decipher messages sent between Nazi leaders and
> military chiefs through what the Nazis was convinced was an
> unbreakable code.
I guess many here will be familiar with all this, but can I just butt in
for an off-topic moment to recommend the biography of Turing by Andrew
Hodges for more information on both the man and the work at Bletchley?
I've just finished it and found it an excellent, fascinating book (only
maybe a tenth covers crypto work, but Hodges is a mathematician and
explains things well - in particular it hammers home the dangers of
human error, mis-use and over-confidence).
Thanks,
Andrew
