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Start of WWII
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Turing ordered to report to Bletchley Park.
Participants (1)
| Name | Type | Mentions | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alan Turing | person | 134 | View Entity |
Source Documents (1)
HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_015902.jpg
This document appears to be page 212 from a book titled 'Are the Androids Dreaming Yet?', included in a House Oversight evidence production (stamped HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_015902). The text is a historical narrative detailing Alan Turing's early work on computing, his time at Princeton with Alonzo Church, his return to England, and his work at Bletchley Park cracking the Enigma code using the 'bombe' machine.
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