Alan Turing: The Enigma - Softcover

Hodges, Andrew

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0802775802 ISBN 13: 9780802775801

Publisher: Walker & Co, 2000

Synopsis

Explores the life of the mathematician, reveals the character of the man behind such concepts as the universal machine and the scientific understanding of the mind, and discusses his pioneering role in electronic computer design.

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Review:

"One of the finest scientific biographies I’ve ever read: authoritative, superbly researched, deeply sympathetic and beautifully told" (Sylvia Nasar, author of A Beautiful Mind)

"Andrew Hodges' book is of exemplary scholarship and sympathy. Intimate, perceptive and insightful, it’s also the most readable biography I’ve picked up in some time" (Time Out)

"A first-rate presentation of the life of a first-rate scientific mind" (New York Times Book Review)

"One of the finest scientific biographies ever written" (New Yorker)

"A first-rate presentation of the life of a first-rate scientific mind...it is hard to imagine a more thoughtful and warm biography than this one" (Douglas Hofstadter New York Times Book Review)

Book Description:

The official book behind the Academy Award-winning film, The Imitation Game, which stars Benedict Cumberbatch and Keira Knightley

About this edition

• Publisher: Walker & Co
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0802775802
• ISBN 13: 9780802775801
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 587