Saving Bletchley Park
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In 1939, Alan Turing’s bombe machine—the most advanced method used to crack the Nazis’ Enigma code—was born at Bletchley Park. But at the turn of the 21st century, the only cracks were the ones running through the walls, and the huts where teams of codebreakers had changed the course of WWII were crumbling to the ground.
At the most crucial turning point of the war, Britain’s bravest and most inspiring citizens were the lifeblood that pulsed through the veins of Bletchley Park. Here, thousands of men and women contributed to the effort that saved our nation and inspired future generations with their work in the fields of computing and technology.
As Dr Sue Black walked through its fast-disappearing huts and hallways, she asked herself one question: who would save Bletchley Park?
This question galvanised Sue and hundreds of volunteers to use technology in a remarkable new way, sparking a social media campaign that would help bring recognition to its veterans, secure its future and transform it into a world-class heritage centre.
This is the story of the campaign that saved Bletchley Park and an inspirational testament to the remarkable men and women whose work made it a place worth rescuing.
Dr Sue Black left home and school at age 16, married at 20 and had three children by the age of 23. A single parent at age 25, she decided to get an education. Sue studied maths at college, gained a degree in computing and then a PhD in software engineering. She was head of a computer science department at the University of Westminster for several years before her current role at University College London. In 2001 Sue set up the UK’s first online network for women in tech: BCSWomen. It was this that led her to Bletchley Park for the first time in 2003 and to starting a campaign to save it in 2008. Passionate about the way that technology and education can change lives, Sue is now a social entrepreneur, writer and public speaker who has won numerous awards and was named by Inspiring Fifty as one of the ’50 most inspiring women in European tech’. Sue writes regularly in the UK national press about technology. Sue has four children and has recently become a grandmother. Saving Bletchley Park is her first book.
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 10.3.2016 |
|---|---|
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 159 x 240 mm |
| Themenwelt | Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte |
| Sachbuch/Ratgeber | |
| Reisen | |
| Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► 1918 bis 1945 | |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte | |
| Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Militärgeschichte | |
| Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Technikgeschichte | |
| Informatik ► Theorie / Studium ► Kryptologie | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Staat / Verwaltung | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-908717-92-0 / 1908717920 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-908717-92-4 / 9781908717924 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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