Alan Turing : the enigma /

A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERThe official book behind the Academy Award-winning film The Imitation Game, starring Benedict Cumberbatch and Keira KnightleyIt is only a slight exaggeration to say that the British mathematician Alan Turing (1912-1954) saved the Allies from the Nazis, invented the compute...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Hodges, Andrew
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2014.
Subjects:
Turing, Alan, > 1912-1954.
Turing, Alan, > 1912-1954
Mathematicians > Great Britain > Biography.
Mathématiciens > Grande-Bretagne > Biographies.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Science & Technology.
MATHEMATICS > Essays.
MATHEMATICS > Pre-Calculus.
MATHEMATICS > Reference.
Mathematicians
Great Britain
Biographies
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Foreword / Douglas Hofstadter - Preface - Part one. The logical - Esprit de corps (to 13 February 1930) - The spirit of truth (to 14 April 1936) - New men (to 3 September 1939) - The relay race (to 10 November 1942) - Bridge passage (to 1 April 1943) - Part two. The physical - Running up (to 2 September 1945) - Mercury delayed (to 2 October 1948) - The greenwood tree (to 7 February 1952) - On the beach (to 7 June 1954) - Postscript.

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