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Alan Turing
Award-winning children's author, Joanna Nadin, explores the extraordinary life of code-cracking genius, Alan Turing. A Life Story : This gripping series throws the reader directly into the lives of modern society's most influential figures. With striking black-and-white illustration along with timelines and never-heard-before facts. Also in the
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209 pages, Kindle Edition
Published January 2, 2020
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Joanna Nadin
146 books124 followersJoanna Nadin is an English author of juvenile fiction best known for the Rachel Riley series of teenage novels Based on Nadin's own childhood, the series follows the comedic narration of a 13-year-old girl.
Nadin has also written several books of juvenile fiction. These include two books for the Oxford University Press "Project X" series designed to encourage boys to read.
Nadin previously worked as a policy writer for the Labour Party (UK).In 2001, she became a special adviser to Tony Blair.
As a child I buried myself in books both at home in Essex and at my grandparents’ houses in Cornwall, where I spent a large part of my time, and where many of my stories are now set. Books and later films were an escape not just from where I was but who I was, which, as I saw it, was pretty much a geek. They gave me the freedom to become someone else, from George in the Famous Five to Velvet Brown winning the Grand National to Baby dancing the Chachacha with Johnny Castle.
Nadin has also written several books of juvenile fiction. These include two books for the Oxford University Press "Project X" series designed to encourage boys to read.
Nadin previously worked as a policy writer for the Labour Party (UK).In 2001, she became a special adviser to Tony Blair.
As a child I buried myself in books both at home in Essex and at my grandparents’ houses in Cornwall, where I spent a large part of my time, and where many of my stories are now set. Books and later films were an escape not just from where I was but who I was, which, as I saw it, was pretty much a geek. They gave me the freedom to become someone else, from George in the Famous Five to Velvet Brown winning the Grand National to Baby dancing the Chachacha with Johnny Castle.
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March 13, 2022
I loved this book so much I couldn't put it down . It only took two days. I wish it was a longer book as I want to learn more about Alan, his intentions and codebreaking career.
June 19, 2020
I'm impressed! I have read several books about Alan Turing and this one is now among the best I've come across.
It gives an fantastic overview about Alan Turing's life and work and it does a great job at explaining complicated ideas and theories. It also has some quizzes and 'Try for yourself' sections so that you can test your knowledge. It is obviously aimed at younger readers, but I would also recommend it to adults as an introduction. You can read it in one sitting and if this sparks your interest and you want more details you could read 'Alan Turing: The Enigma' by Andrew Hodges afterwards. Thumbs up for this little book!
Sidenote: I might be wrong, but I think there is a little error in the 'How binary works' quiz in the first edition of this book. 10101011 is 171 in the decimal system, not 169 as stated in the answer. Mistakes happen to all of us of course and I don't mention this to be pedantic, but because doing everything right and as instructed and then being told that you got the wrong solution could demotivate some younger science enthusiasts. And this is certainly not the goal of this otherwise perfect little book 😊
It gives an fantastic overview about Alan Turing's life and work and it does a great job at explaining complicated ideas and theories. It also has some quizzes and 'Try for yourself' sections so that you can test your knowledge. It is obviously aimed at younger readers, but I would also recommend it to adults as an introduction. You can read it in one sitting and if this sparks your interest and you want more details you could read 'Alan Turing: The Enigma' by Andrew Hodges afterwards. Thumbs up for this little book!
Sidenote: I might be wrong, but I think there is a little error in the 'How binary works' quiz in the first edition of this book. 10101011 is 171 in the decimal system, not 169 as stated in the answer. Mistakes happen to all of us of course and I don't mention this to be pedantic, but because doing everything right and as instructed and then being told that you got the wrong solution could demotivate some younger science enthusiasts. And this is certainly not the goal of this otherwise perfect little book 😊
March 24, 2025
Brilliant - a cracking read
June 30, 2025
mu poor pookie deserved so much better :(( peale selle lugemist hoolin ma temast veelgi rohkem (isegi kui arvasin, et see on omaette võimatu)… samas raamat itself oli nii mõnusasti ja lihtsasti kirjutatud. tglt oleks rating raamatule endale 4.5, sest hetketi oli ta veidi pinnapeale ja ma oleks ise tahtnud veidi rohkem kuulda ka tema eraelust (ma ei mõista arvutiteadusi kohe üldse, eraelu mõistan sorry guys). samas tegi raamat arvutiteaduste mõistmise kergemaks kui seda ootasin (vähemalt mingil määral küll). samas jumala rahul sellega kui mõnus ja lõbus seda lugeda oli.
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