Code-Breaker and Mathematician Alan Turing

May 1, 2018
Grades 3-5 Prepare for ramped-up STEM engagement with the latest installments in the STEM Trailblazer Bios series. In four to five brisk, photo-filled chapters, entries showcase each innovator's early life, education, career, and groundbreaking achievements. Code-Breaker and Mathematician Alan Turing introduces the brilliant creator of the code-cracking Bombe machine. It's estimated that Turing's Bombe shaved at least two years from WWII, saving approximately two million lives. Schwartz also addresses homophobia, the British government's 1952 condemnation of Turing, and his posthumous pardon decades later. With boldface vocabulary words and boxed quotations throughout?as well as appended time lines, source notes, and further resources?these nimble bios are just the thing for movers and shakers in the making.(Reprinted with permission of Booklist, copyright 2018, American Library Association.)