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To commemorate the centenary of turings birth, this republication of his mothers biography is enriched by a new foreword by martin davis and a neverbeforepublished memoir by alans older brother. English scientist alan turing was born alan mathison turing on june 23, 1912, in maida vale, london, england. A gripping story of mathematics, science, computing, war history, cryptography, and homosexual persecution and liberation. I can imagine many possible ways of turning alan turings story into a movie. Alan turing, in full alan mathison turing, born june 23, 1912, london, englanddied june 7, 1954, wilmslow, cheshire, british mathematician and logician, who made major contributions to mathematics, cryptanalysis, logic, philosophy, and mathematical biology and also to the new areas later named computer science, cognitive science. A new york times bestseller the official book behind the academy awardwinning film the imitation game, starring benedict cumberbatch and keira knightley it is only a slight exaggeration to say that the british mathematician alan turing 19121954 saved the allies from the nazis, invented the computer and artificial intelligence, and anticipated gay liberation. Alan turing, born a century ago saturday, was only 41 when he committed suicide. List of books and articles about alan turing online. On june 8, 1954, alan turing, a fortyoneyearold research scientist at manchester university, was found dead by his housekeeper. I have little new to add and must join all of the others here in saying that andrew hodges alan turing. The crime and punishment of alan turing history uncut. Alan turing has 24 books on goodreads with 3287 ratings. Codebreaking genius alan turing played by benedict cumberbatch in hit film the imitation game was murdered, a new book claims.
The brilliant mathematician who cracked hitlers engima wartime. The imitation game is a good yarn about alan turing and cracking the german naval enigma code during world war ii. New editions appeared in 2012, for the centenary of turings birth, and 2014, the year the film the imitation game. This classic biography of the founder of computer science, reissued on the centenary of his birth with a substantial new. Alan turing was the mathematician whose ciphercracking. But this completely destroys any coherent telling of. Alan turing 3 likes like alan turing, zuse was educated in a system that focused on a childs emotional and philosophical life as well as his intellectual life, and at the end of school, like turing, zuse found himself to be something of an outsiderto the disappointment of his very conventional parents, he no longer believed in god or. Alan turing enigma by hodges andrew, first edition abebooks. While studying at cambridge he began work in predicate logic that led to a proof 1937 that some mathematical problems are not susceptible to solution by automated computation. In this new series, discover the lives of outstanding people from designers and artists to scientists.
Without this book, the real alan turing might fade into obscurity or at least the easy caricature of an eccentric british mathematician. Turing was convicted of gross obscenity in 1952, and administered synthetic estrogen. The official book behind the academy awardwinning film, the imitation game. New book spotlights alan turing, wwii codebreaker and father of computer science turings work has influenced scholars in many fields. Yes, one can imagine the obstaclesamong them the sheer eventfulness of the mans life, and the fact that many of his most dramatic discoveries were predicated on knowledge of sophisticated mathematics that wellknown bane of the moviemaker. He died of cyanide poisoning, an apparent suicide, in 1954.
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Hodges tells how turings revolutionary idea of 1936 the concept of a universal machine laid the foundation for the modern computer. List of books and articles about alan turing online research. Alan mathison turing, 191254, british mathematician and computer theorist. This new york timesbestselling biography of the founder of. Jim holt, new yorker andrew hodges 1983 book alan turing. Books advanced search todays deals new releases amazon charts. The alan turing codebreakers puzzle book by dr gareth. Alan turings handwritten notebook reveals his genius. Critically acclaimed at the time donald michie in new scientist called it marvellous and faithful the book was chosen by michael holroyd as part of a list of 50 essential books in the guardian, 1 june 2002. If one has seen the movie and liked it, one is going to love this too.
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