This book explains the theory he developed. Years later, Penrose announced an astonishing thesis relating logic and physics. This greatly impressed a student, Roger Penrose, who was also studying the quantum mechanics and relativity that had first fascinated the young Turing. In 1955, Turing’s colleague Max Newman gave a talk on logic in his honour. Promo codes, coupons, special online offers and promotions, VIP or member's discount cannot be used in conjunction with this item.My second choice relates more subtly to Turing’s sudden end in 1954. Promo codes, coupons, special online offers and promotions, VIP or member's discount cannot be used in conjunction with this item.ĭIMENSION : 197 mm x 127 mm WEIGHT : 567 g PRODUCT CATEGORY : Biography, Literature & Literary studies Mathematics & Science * This is a fixed price item. The inspiration for a major motion picture starring Benedict Cumberbatch and Keira Knightley, Alan Turing: The Enigma is a gripping story of mathematics, computers, cryptography, and homosexual persecution.īY (AUTHOR) Hodges, Andrew, FOREWORD BY Hofstadter, Douglas, PREFACE BY Hodges, Andrew At the same time, this is the tragic account of a man who, despite his wartime service, 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 also tells how 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. Capturing both the inner and outer drama of Turing's life, Andrew Hodges tells how Turing's revolutionary idea of 1936-the concept of a universal machine-laid the foundation for the modern computer and how Turing brought the idea to practical realization in 1945 with his electronic design.

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. Technology, Engineering, Agriculture, Industrial processesĪ NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER The official book behind the Academy Award-winning film The Imitation Game, starring Benedict Cumberbatch and Keira Knightley 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. Reference, Information & Interdisciplinary subjects Hong Kong International Literary Festival 2023.Hong Kong Golden Dragon Books 2022-2023.

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