![]() ![]() ![]() Publisher's description, slightly modified. This New York Times bestselling biography of the founder of computer science and artificial intelligence, 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. Despite his wartime service, Turing was eventually arrested, stripped of his security clearance, and forced to undergo a humiliating treatment program- all for trying to live honestly in a society that defined homosexuality as a crime. The book of course discusses in detail Alan Turing’s seminal On Computable Numbers paper, as well as his involvement in the breaking of German cryptography (and the Enigma machine) during World War II, but also paints a very intimate and human picture of Alan Turing, a picture which includes character flaws and vulnerabilities. ![]() This work was directly related to Turing's leading role in breaking the German Enigma ciphers during World War II, a scientific triumph that was critical to Allied victory in the Atlantic. Turing brought the idea to practical realization in 1945 with his electronic design. Hodges tells how Turing's revolutionary idea of 1936- the concept of a universal machine- laid the foundation for the modern computer. Less than 20 books left In an A4 size (210 x 297 mm 8.3 x 11.7 inches), this is a publication of about 150 pages, vintage style, remastered by us and. A gripping story of mathematics, science, computing, war history, cryptography, and homosexual. ![]()
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