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| Shopify Unique ID: | 10561487896868 |
| Trademe Reference: | PR1407 (1844) |
| Category: |
Biographies: Military War & Military - Other |
| New / Used: | New |
Description
ALAN TURING
by Andrew Hodges
DESCRIPTION
ISBN: 9780099116417
Format: small paperback
Published: 1983, Vintage Publishing 2012
Size (mm): 130 w x 200 h x 45 h
Pages: 736
SKU: A5/2502/U402
ABOUT
The full story behind the persecuted genius of wartime codebreaking and the computer revolution.
Alan Turing was the extraordinary Cambridge mathematician who masterminded the cracking of the German Enigma ciphers and transformed the Second World War.
But his vision went far beyond this crucial achievement. Before the war he had formulated the concept of the universal machine, and in 1945 he turned this into the first design for a digital computer. Turing's far-sighted plans for the digital era forged ahead into a vision for 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 minds was lost.
Includes monochrome images.
CONDITION
New with only light shelf wear on covers.
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