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Alan Turing: the enigma

By Hodges , Alan Mathison , Andrew;Turing , Alan;Turing

Book information

Publisher
Princeton University Press
Year
2014
ISBN
9780691155647, 9780099116417, 0099116413, 069115564X, 9780691164724, 069116472X, 9781448137817, 1448137810, 9781784700089, 1784700088
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
5 MB (4797817 bytes)
Pages
xxxii, 736 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : i
Time added
2020-07-26 19:24:52
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Description

ONE: The logical -- Esprit de Corps: to 13 February 1930 -- The spirit of truth: to 14 April 1936 -- New men: to 3 September 1939 -- The relay race: to 10 November 1942 -- Bridge passage: to 1 April 1943 -- TWO: The physical -- Running up: to 2 September 1945 -- Mercury delayed: to 2 October 1948 -- The Greenwood tree: to 7 February 1952 -- On the beach: to 7 June 1954 -- Postscript.;"It is only a slight exaggeration to say that the British mathematician Alan Turing (1912-1954) saved the Allies from the Nazis, invented the computer and artificial intelligence, and anticipated gay liberation by decades--all before his suicide at age forty-one. This New York Times?bestselling biography of the founder of computer science, with a new preface by the author that addresses Turing?s royal pardon in 2013, is the definitive account of an extraordinary mind and life."--Amazon.com. ONE: The logical -- Esprit de Corps: to 13 February 1930 -- The spirit of truth: to 14 April 1936 -- New men: to 3 September 1939 -- The relay race: to 10 November 1942 -- Bridge passage: to 1 April 1943 -- TWO: The physical -- Running up: to 2 September 1945 -- Mercury delayed: to 2 October 1948 -- The Greenwood tree: to 7 February 1952 -- On the beach: to 7 June 1954 -- Postscript.

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