How do some people know all the stuff they know!! This is a fascinating story. Alan Turing was an amazing man yet sadly it seems he was mistrusted because of personality traits which today would have, possibly, been diagnosed as Asperger's syndrome. In addition, he was treated atrociously by friends and doctors when it became known he was homosexual. It's thanks to him and the fact that he lived at a time in history when a new technology was being born, that Britain was able to win the war. Churchill even said that if it hadn't been for Alan Turing Germany would have been victorious! I felt some sadness and guilt that this brilliant, quiet achiever has not had the general recognition most heroes of this war have gained. Alan Turing was a living breathing human computer in the way he saw codes and numbers and more people need to read his story and discover his genius. ( )

(Nonfiction, Biography, History)

I was inspired to read Enigma Man after seeing the film The Imitation Game. This short biography of Alan Turing, genius of Bletchley Park and Britain’s chief codebreaker during WWII is the book on which the movie was based.

The book is a little dry, but short and worthwhile to have some background knowledge on this mastermind.

3½ stars ( )