Saving Bletchley Park by Sue Black
The inspirational story of the campaign to save one of Britain's most critical wartime heritage sites, and the history behind what made it a place worth saving.Imagine a Britain where the most important sites of historical significance are replaced with housing estates and supermarkets.
Imagine a Britain without Bletchley Park, where Alan Turing and a team of codebreakers changed the course of World War I and where thousands of women inspired future generations with their work in the fields of computing and technology.
Now imagine a group of extraordinary people, who -- 70 years after the birth of the modern computer at Bletchley Park -- used technology to spark a social media campaign that helped secure its future and transform it into the world-class heritage and education centre it deserves to be.
This is a story about saving Bletchley Park. But it is also the story of the hundreds of people who dedicated 20 years of hard work and determination to the campaign that saved it. It is a testament to the remarkable and mysterious work during World War I that made it a place worth saving. It is a book about campaigners, veterans, enthusiasts, computer geeks, technology, Twitter, trees and Stephen Fry stuck in a lift.
And finally, it is a story about preserving the past for the generations of tomorrow.
Dr Sue Black left home and school at age 16, married at 20 and had three children by the age of 23. A single parent at age 25, she decided to get an education. Sue studied maths at college, gained a degree in computing and then a PhD in software engineering. She was head of a computer science department at the University of Westminster for several years before her current role at University College London.
In 2001 Sue set up the UK’s first online network for women in tech: BCSWomen. It was this that led her to Bletchley Park for the first time in 2003 and to starting a campaign to save it in 2008.
Passionate about the way that technology and education can change lives, Sue is now a social entrepreneur, writer and public speaker who has won numerous awards and was named by Inspiring Fifty as one of the ’50 most inspiring women in European tech’. Sue writes regularly in the UK national press about technology.
Sue has four children and has recently become a grandmother. Saving Bletchley Park is her first book.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781908717924 |
| ISBN 10 | 1908717920 |
| Title | Saving Bletchley Park |
| Author | Sue Black |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Unbound |
| Year published | 2016-03-10 |
| Number of pages | 349 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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