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Alan Turing / written by Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara ; illustrated by Ashling Lindsay.

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Shelf Location	Collection	Volume Ref.	Branch	Status	Due Date	Res.
J 510.92 SANC	- Junior Non-Fiction		Childrens	. Automatically Renewed .	16 May 2024	Select this item
510.92	- Junior Non-Fiction		Childrens	. Available .		Select this item

Catalogue Information
Field name	Details
ISBN	9780711246782 (hardback)
ISBN	9780711246775 (hardback)
Classification	J 510.92 SANC
Personal Name	Sánchez Vegara, Ma Isabel (María Isabel)
Title	Alan Turing / written by Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara ; illustrated by Ashling Lindsay.
Production & Copyright Details	London : Frances Lincol Children's Books, 2020.
Production & Copyright Details	©2020
Physical Description	1 volume (unpaged) : illustrations (colour) ; 25 cm.
Content type	text
Content type	still image
Series	Little people, big dreams
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references.
Summary Note	In this book, discover the life of Alan Turing, the genius code cracker and father of theoretical computer science and artificial intelligence. Alan grew up in England, where his best friends were numbers and a little boy called Christopher. When his young friend died, Alan retreated to the world of numbers and codes, where he discovered how to crack the code of the Nazi Enigma machine. This moving book features stylish and quirky illustrations and extra facts at the back, including a biographical timeline with historical photos and a detailed profile of the brilliant mathematician’s life.
Target audience note	4-7 years.
Subject-Personal Name	Turing, Alan, -- 1912-1954 -- Juvenile literature
Subject - Topical Term	Mathematicians -- Great Britain -- Biography -- Juvenile literature
Subject - Topical Term	Gay men -- Great Britain -- Biography
Subject - Genre	Biographies
Added Entry - Personal Name	Lindsay, Ashling illustrator.