Häftad, Engelska, 1992
Alan Turing: The Enigma
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Read the true story behind The Pet Shop Boys' A man from the future.Inspiring the Academy Award-winning film The Imitation Game, starring Benedict Cumberbatch and Keira Knightley.The extraordinary mathematician Alan Turing masterminded the cracking of the German Enigma ciphers and transformed the Second World War. In 1945, he completed the first design for the computer and his vision for the digital era foresaw artificial intelligence.However, in 1952 his homosexuality rendered him a criminal and he was subjected to humiliating treatment. In 1954, aged 41, Alan Turing committed suicide and one of Britain's greatest scientific thinkers was lost.This New York Times bestselling biography of the founder of computer science is the definitive account of an extraordinary mind and life.---'Scrupulous and enthralling.' New York Times'One of the finest scientific biographies ever written.' New Yorker'A powerful story that combines professional success and personal tragedy.' Washington Post
Produktinformation
- Utgivningsdatum: 1992-03-05
- Mått: 131 x 198 x 42 mm
- Vikt: 574 g
- Format: Häftad
- Språk: Engelska
- Antal sidor: 768
- Förlag: Vintage Publishing
- ISBN: 9780099116417
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Andrew Hodges is Tutor in Mathematics at Wadham College, Oxford University. His classic text of 1983, since translated into several languages, created a new kind of biography, with mathematics, science, computing, war history, philosophy and gay liberation woven into a single personal narrative. He is an active contributor to the mathematics of fundamental physics, as a follower of Roger Penrose. See www.turing.org.uk for further material.
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One of the finest scientific biographies I’ve ever read: authoritative, superbly researched, deeply sympathetic and beautifully told
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1 recensioner, genomsnitt 4/5
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