Shrouded in secrecy until very recently, Colossus was the world's first fully-functioning electronic computer. This book contains accounts of Colossus, of code-breaking, & of the role played by the staff of Bletchley Park in WWII
- including personal recollections by those who designed & built Colossus.
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In 1940, almost a year after the outbreak of the Second World War, Allied radio operators at an interception station in South London began picking up messages in a strange new code. They invented a machine called Colossus to decipher what turned out to be the secrets of Nazi high comm&. This book talks about this event. ...

1970s apocalyptic sci-fi. When Dr. Charles Forbin (Eric Braeden) creates a supercomputer capable of controlling America's nuclear defences, it detects the presence of its previously unknown Russian equivalent, & insists on being linked to it. But when the two machines are switched on, they immediately take control, merging into one supercomputer by the name of Colossus, issuing its own demands for the earth's management, & ruthlessly putting down any signs of dissent. With Colossus gaining more power daily, & threatening world destruction if its demands are not met, Forbin secretly enlists the help of other scientists to form a resistance group aimed at restoring normality. ...

Introduces readers to the idea of different visual qualities in natural & man-made objects & environments & explains why & how they are used, or illustrated, in art. This work

Includes:: works by Picasso, Rothko, Hepworth, Kandinsky, O' Keefe & many more.

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Beginning with an account of colour fundamentals & a history of colour theory, the author explores the four

Dimensions

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