Colossus: Bletchley Park's Greatest Secret
- ISBN-10
- 1843543311
- ISBN-13
- 9781843543312
- Series
- Colossus
- Category
- Computers
- Pages
- 592
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2006
- Publisher
- Atlantic Books (UK)
- Author
- Paul Gannon
Description
Now in paperback, this is the last untold story of Bletchley Park. Using recently declassified information, Paul Gannon has written a gripping account of the invention of the world's first true computer, Colossus.
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