Hodges biography is thoroughly researched into all aspects of turing s li. Alan turing by laurent lemire nook book ebook barnes. The life and legacy of the english computer scientist who became world war iis most famous codebreaker. To help keep our communities safe, all our retail locations are temporarily closed until further notice. A photo included in a 2012 bletchley park exhibition on the life of alan turing. The american 2014 film the imitation game is loosely based on the book, with dramatization. Turing broke the code by building a computing machine called the bombe.
What, in your opinion is the best book to read about alan. The enigma was a coded messaging machine used to send german military communications. The enigma by andrew hodges is an enigma in its own right. This acclaimed book by laurent lemire is available at in several formats for your ereader. Alan mathison turing was born on 23 june 1912, the son of julius mathison turing, a civil servant in india, and ethel sara turing, the daughter of edward waller stoney, chief engineer of the madras and southern mahratta railway. Its subject, the british mathematical genius who contributed to the cryptanalysis of the nazi enigma code and to the beginnings of the computer, was not an easy subject. The official book behind the academy awardwinning film the imitation game, starring benedict cumberbatch and keira knightley. The enigma 1983 is a biography of the british mathematician, codebreaker, and early computer scientist, alan turing 19121954 by andrew hodges.
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. At face value its a guided tour of his paper on computability, but is actually somewhat more. A book from alan turing and a mysterious piece of paper. I have little new to add and must join all of the others here in saying that andrew hodges alan turing. Oct 29, 2014 something on turing s work, with many very competent authors writing parts of this giant book. I believe that in about fifty years time it will be possible, to programme computers, with a storage capacity of about 109, to make them play the imitation game so well that an average interrogator will continue reading we are passing the turing test. This should begin with definitions of the meaning of the terms machine and think. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Hinsley and alan stripp, the 39 steps by john buchan and from russia. The definitions might be framed so as to reflect so far as possible the normal use of the words, but this attitude is dangerous. Laurent lemire est journaliste, collaborateur au nouvel observateur et a livres hebdo.
Search for library items search for lists search for contacts search for a. 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. This remains a shame on the british government and british history. List of books and articles about alan turing online. It claims to be based on andrew hodgess 1983 classic biography of turing, but it would be more accurate to say that the movie was inspired by hodges book. Id love to hear papadimitriou give a longform lecture about the concepts he covers in here, from the early greeks mathematical attainment all the way through hilberts programme and turing and godels respective deathblows to his dreams in the form of incomputability and incompleteness respectively. 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 played a significant role in the creation of the modern computer.
Alan mathison turing 23 june 1912 7 june 1954, was an english mathematician, logician, cryptanalyst and computer scientist. Jan 07, 2015 the imitation game is a good yarn about alan turing and cracking the german naval enigma code during world war ii. He is most famous for solving the german naval enigma code during world war ii. Book this book does not require a rating on the projects quality scale. Mathematics computer science cryptography artificial intelligence morphogenesis. Nov 22, 2019 download alan turing synopsis lit amazing epub, alan turing author laurent lemire this is very good and becomes the main topic to. Alan mathison turing, 191254, british mathematician and computer theorist. Free shipping and pickup in store on eligible orders. The enigma by andrew hodges, the code book by simon singh, codebreakers by f. Alan turings handwritten notebook reveals his genius.
Hodges examined available primary sources and interviewed surviving witnesses to elucidate turing s multiple dimensions. I think the aspect of the book that i most grasped and that was the most thoughtprovoking was turing s ideas about machine intelligence. Book awards book club selections books by author books by series coming soon kids books new releases teens books this months biggest new releases. The enigma by andrew hodges hodges 1983 biography of alan turing sheds light on the inner workings of this brilliant mathematician, cryptologist, and computer pioneer. Baum tragic life of a brilliant mathematician from canden, 21 may, 1984. A bibliography of publications of alan mathison turing uk. Taken on by british intelligence in 1938, as a shy young cambridge don, he combined brilliant logic with a flair for engineering. Alan turing led a brilliant but tragic life, and his insightful, mathematically advanced mind could sadly not save him from the rampant prejudices of his time. His work will continue to resonate as it inspires new discoveries, making him the ultimate leader. Scan of robin gandys letter in the turing digital archive.
Laurent lemire conte lhistoire stupefiante dun genie. Online shopping from a great selection at books store. Books by alan turing author of computing machinery and. Sherborne school archives holds papers relating to alan turings time at sherborne. Turing the essential turing seminal writings in computing. This book is within the scope of wikiproject computer science, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of computer science related articles on wikipedia. An enormous and probably definitive guide to the life, times and genius of alan turing captures his extraordinary diversity for the first time.
The book is also the basis for the upcoming movie, the imitation game. The imitation game starring benedict cumberbatch and keira knightley is the first biopic of alan turing to hit the big. A simple timeline of the achievements of alan turing, the great mathematician, world war ii hero, computer scientist and visionary. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading alan turing. 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. The 30 best biographies of all time reedsy discovery. But a book i wish i had written, and one that was a big inspiration for the things i have written, is alan turing. The enigma the centenary edition kindle edition by hodges, andrew, hofstadter, douglas, hofstadter, douglas. The turing archive contains scans of some unpublished documents and material from the kings college, cambridge archive. By alan turing 1 the imitation game i propose to consider the question, can machines think. I read it when it first came out in 1983, and immediately formed the ambition to write something similar about ludwig wittgenstein. Jeremy bernstein a portrait of alan turing from the new yorker, 20 jan.
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. We are passing the turing test right on schedule daniel. Turing was highly influential in the development of theoretical computer science, providing a formalisation of the concepts of algorithm and computation with the turing machine, which can be. Alan turing author of computing machinery and intelligence. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Mar 01, 2016 alan turing june 23, 1912june 7, 1954 is celebrated as the godfather of modern computing, but what remains practically unknown is his seminal contribution to an obscure branch of biology.
Hodgess is the best book, but the annotated turing is worth a mention, especially if you re more interested in the work than the man. Turing dedicated a significant portion of his life to the study of morphogenesis the biological process by which organisms take their shape. The science of secrecy from ancient egypt to quantum cryptography. Turing s rehabilitation from over a quartercenturys embarrassed silence was largely the result of andrew hodgess superb biography, alan turing. More importantly, he was brave enough to admit his homosexuality in the 1950s. The imitation game dramatizes the story of alan turing. A guided tour through alan turing s historic paper on computability and the turing machine. Alan turing s extraordinary, tragically short life. In 1950, the brilliant computing pioneer alan turing made the following prediction in his paper computing machinery and intelligence.
Alan turing 19121954 was a british mathematician and computer scientist. You can read alan turing online using button below. If one has seen the movie and liked it, one is going to love this too. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see a list of open tasks. But what it did have in addition to an inscription saying from alan turing s books was a colorful fourpage note from norman routledge to george rutter, written in 2002. Indeed, despite the title a nod to his work during wwii, a great deal of the enigmatic turing is laid out in this book. Alan turings extraordinary ideas about thinking machines have earned him status as a modern hero. Telecharger alan turing en pdf, epub, ebook, livres, romans en epub, pdf gratuit. This bibliography records publications of alan mathison turing 1912. It is a bit ironic that a book whose title implies that alan turing himself is the biggest enigma manages to leave him still an enigma in many ways, but that is the case.
Nov 02, 2014 alan turing, the figure at the center of the already much praised film, the imitation game, which opens nov. I opened the front of the book, wondering if it might have a property of alan turing sticker or something. Read alan turing by laurent lemire available from rakuten kobo. The book could be simpler and could meet the need of a great biography. His work and impact on turing s work in simplet terms, placing him in the bigger picture. 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. Alan turing was the mathematician whose ciphercracking transformed the second world war. He began the era of computing and aided in ending a war.
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