I recommend this book not only to people interested in alan s scientific achievements, but to anyone who woiuld like to meet a genius of the modern era. Alan turing mini biography ebook by ebios rakuten kobo. Hidrogenesse created an installation with funerary statuettes and different found objects as a parody of archeological museums. A new edition to celebrate alan turings centenary, includes a new foreword by the author and a preface by douglas hofstadter.
In 1954, aged 41, alan turing committed suicide and one of britains greatest scientific minds was lost. For readers who want to hone in on particular aspects, theres no shortage of recent titles to choose from. Alan turing this is a wikipedia book, a collection of wikipedia articles that can be easily saved, imported by an external electronic rendering service, and ordered as a. Alan turing project gutenberg selfpublishing ebooks. His mother, ethel sara, was the daughter of an engineer. List of books and articles about alan turing online. I recommend this book not only to people interested in alans scientific achievements, but to anyone who woiuld like to meet a genius of the modern era. Cnet gets a deeper look at the hidden notebook from the father of modern computing, before it goes up for auction. These patterns fascinated turing, and he decided the mechanism that produced them. Alan turing was born in maida vale, london on 23 june 1912. The imitation game dramatizes the story of alan turing. Before getting into bed the night before, he had taken a few. A guided tour through alan turing s historic paper on compu. Jun 09, 2014 alan turing s 1950 paper laid out the general idea of the test, and also laid out some specifics which he thought would be passed in about 50 years time.
His father was part of a family of merchants from scotland. Alan turing 191254 was a british mathematician who made history. Oct 29, 2014 something on turing s work, with many very competent authors writing parts of this giant book. Seminal writings in computing, logic, philosophy, artificial intelligence, and artificial life plus the secrets of enigma edited by b.
Alan turing has 24 books on goodreads with 3322 ratings. Andrew hodges book is of exemplary scholarship and sympathy. The conflicted life of an ordinary english homosexual atheist mathematician. Listed as one of the essential 50 books of all time in the guardian. Andrew hodges wadharn college, university of oxford. A guided tour through alan turing s historic paper on computability and the turing machine the imitation game. But turings vision went far beyond the desperate wartime struggle. He was known to his colleagues as prof and his treatise on enigma was known as the profs book.
But looking through the card catalog at the caltech library one day, i chanced upon a book called alan m. 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. Online shopping from a great selection at books store. Alan turing 19121954, of cryptanalysis and computer fame. The world needed alan turing in the early years of computer science, and it still does. Mar 22, 2012 in a short life he accomplished much, and to the roll of great names in the history of his particular studies added his own. Turing is most famous for his cryptanalysis work at bletchley park during the second world war. Alan mathison turing, 191254, british mathematician and computer theorist.
The enigma 1983 is a biography of the british mathematician, codebreaker, and early computer scientist, alan turing 19121954 by andrew hodges. 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 by decadesall before his. His work and impact on turing s work in simplet terms, placing him in the bigger picture. Jun 24, 2017 patterns appear everywhere in nature, from leopard spots to the spiral of petals around the center of a flower.
The book that inspired the film the imitation game hodges, andrew, hofstadter, douglas isbn. A book from alan turing and a mysterious piece of paper. During the second world war he worked for the government breaking the enemies codes and churchill said he shortened the war by two years. Explore our latest research publications, software, and policy submissions in response to government and parliamentary calls for evidence. Despite that, if you only read one book from this list, alan turing. Alan turing still wasnt famous in 1981 when i started studying simple programs, albeit in the context of cellular automata rather than turing machines. Newman, biographical memoirs of fellows of the royal society.
Unlocking the enigma is a bit of a misleading title as although it does mention the work he did towards that, this is more a story about his life, his achievements, quirks, sexuality and mistreatment by the government that possibly led to his untimely death. For websiterelated enquiries email email protected. Alan turing was the extraordinary cambridge mathematician who masterminded the cracking of the german enigma ciphers and transformed the second world war. The book could be simpler and could meet the need of a great biography. On june 8, 1954, alan turing, a fortyoneyearold research scientist at manchester university, was found dead by his housekeeper. Alan turing, het enigma andrew hodges ebook online bibliotheek. Alan garner my hero alan turing mathematics people in science. This product is a glossy brochure not a book about alan turing. Its 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 by decadesall before his suicide at age pdf fortyone. See all books authored by alan turing, including a. Alan garners collected folk tales is published by harpercollins childrens books. Bio of turing more about turing codebreaking artificial intelligence computer history photo gallery books on turing cambridge archive links. A brief panic over running out of things to read led me to poll my twitter followers for suggestions, andrew hodges biography of alan turing, alan turing.
Turing the first three volumes of the annotated collected works of a. The alan turing institute, british library, 96 euston road, london nw1 2db. Alan turing is often called the father of modern computing. However, in 1952 his homosexuality rendered him a criminal and he was subjected to humiliating treatment. The american 2014 film the imitation game is loosely based on the book, with dramatization. This remains a shame on the british government and british history. The turing day collference at the swiss federal hlstitute of technology, lausanne, was held to mark the nilletieth a.
It may act as an apology to many of the other gay men, not as wellknown as alan turing, who were subjected to these laws. Britton, isbn 0444880593 the fourth volume appeared in 2001. Books by alan turing author of computing machinery and. Michaels, a school at 20 charles road, st leonardsonsea, when he was five years old. Alan turing simple english wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
He was highly influential in the development of computer science, providing a formalisation of the concepts of algorithm and computation with the turing machine, which can be considered a model of a general purpose computer. Alan turing this is a wikipedia book, a collection of wikipedia articles that can be easily saved, imported by an external electronic rendering service, and ordered as a printed book. From his own mathematics and gayrights background, hedges reconstructs turings discoveries and his dilemma in a kind of dynamic tensionseeing turing, with considerable subtlety, as an intellectual and sexual individualist. A guided tour through alan turings historic paper on computability and the turing machine the imitation game. Alan turing was a british mathematician, logician, cryptanalyst, computer scientist and philosopher. I have little new to add and must join all of the others here in saying that andrew hodges alan turing. Turing s farsighted plans for the digital era forged ahead into a vision for artificial intelligence. Alan turings handwritten notebook reveals his genius. The book that inspired the film the imitation game updated edition. Sleuthing into the history of a 1930 book on quantum mechanics previously owned by alan turing and a lambda calculus note tucked inside.
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. The enigma alan turing profiles in mathematics the man who knew too much. He developed the idea of the modern computer and artificial intelligence. More importantly, he was brave enough to admit his homosexuality in the 1950s. The book that inspired the film the imitation game media tiein by hodges, andrew isbn.
Alan turing books list of books by author alan turing. Jun 24, 2012 alan turing s suspected suicide cut short his life, but he continues to live on through the words of many authors. Jun 30, 2015 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 by decadesall before his. He had the ingenuity and imagination to bridge the gap between the theory of computation as posed by the likes of godel and the implementation of computation machines. Turings ace report of 1946 and other papers, and morphogenesis. His breaking of the german uboat enigma cipher in world war ii ensured alliedamerican control of the atlantic. Alan turing was driven to a terrible despair and early death by the nation hed done so much to save.
A new york times bestseller the official book behind the academy awardwinning film the imitation game, starring benedict cumberbatch and keira knightley. This was republished by cambridge university press in 2012, together with an introduction by martin davis and a further memoir by john turing, alan turing s brother. Rare alan turing journal shows his genius at work cnet. But turing s vision went far beyond the desperate wartime struggle. Nov 02, 2014 alan turing, the figure at the center of the already much praised film, the imitation game, which opens nov.
Mar 14, 2017 the turing guide is a great introduction to the many and varied facets of turings life. If one has seen the movie and liked it, one is going to love this too. A new edition to celebrate alan turing s centenary, includes a new foreword by the author and a preface by douglas hofstadter. So is described one of the greatest figures of the twentieth century, yet alan turing s name was not widely recognised until his contribution to the breaking of the german enigma code became public in the 1970s.
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