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Jun 30, 2015 for anyone whose interest in the pioneering computer scientist, mathematician, and logician was piqued by the film, the book that served as the films source material, andrew hodgess exhaustive biography alan turing. The official book behind the academy awardwinning film the imitation game, starring benedict cumberbatch and keira knightley. A pure mathematician from a tradition that prided itself on its. In the movies version, turing is virtually a lone inventor, conceiving of the idea of a codebreaking machine and then. I dont think i thought turing was an enigma after reading this book. Alan turing 191254 was a british mathematician who made history. Scott, new york times one of the finest scientific biographies ever written. Apr 10, 2015 the enigma of alan turing alan turingan english mathematician, logician, and cryptanalystwas a computer pioneer. As one might expect of a book with an introduction by douglas hofstadter, it is an examination of both function and form.
The enigma was published in the uk and the us in 1983. Thanks to the movie the imitation game, alan turing has emerged from historys shadows, where his memory had languished for decades. Turings rehabilitation from over a quartercenturys embarrassed silence was largely the result of andrew hodgess superb biography, alan turing. Sep 16, 2014 as one might expect of a book with an introduction by douglas hofstadter, it is an examination of both function and form. In 1940 his machines were breaking the enigmaenciphered messages of nazi germanys air force. The official book behind the academy awardwinning film the. A new edition to celebrate alan turings centenary, includes a new foreword by the author and a preface by douglas hofstadter. The filmmakers of the imitation game chose to focus on the hardware. A gripping story of mathematics, science, computing, war history, cryptography, and homosexual persecution and liberation. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading alan turing.
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