Alan M. Turing

Centenary Edition

Sara Turing (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

194 Seiten

2014
Cambridge University Press (Verlag)
978-1-107-52422-4 (ISBN)

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Never-before-published contribution from Alan's brother, John Turing
Unique personal insights from family, friends, teachers and colleagues
Charts Turing's life from early childhood through to his death in 1954

Containing never-before-published material, this fascinating account sheds new light on one of the greatest figures of the twentieth century.

'In a short life he accomplished much, and to the roll of great names in the history of his particular studies added his own.'

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.

The story of Turing's life fascinates and in the years since his suicide, Turing's reputation has only grown, as his contributions to logic, mathematics, computing, artificial intelligence and computational biology have become better appreciated.

To commemorate the centenary of Turing's birth, this republication of his mother's biography is enriched by a new foreword by Martin Davis and a never-before-published memoir by Alan's older brother.

The contrast between this memoir and the original biography reveals tensions and sheds new light on Turing's relationship with his family, and on the man himself.

Foreword to the Centenary Edition Martin Davis
Preface to the First Edition
Foreword to the First Edition Lyn Irvine
Preface
Part I. Mainly Biographical:
1. Family background
2. Childhood and early boyhood
3. At Sherborne school
4. At Cambridge
5. At the Graduate College, Princeton
6. Some characteristics
7. War work in the Foreign Office
8. At the National Physical Laboratory, Teddington
9. Work with the Manchester Automatic Digital Machine
10. Broadcasts and intelligent machinery
11. Morphogenesis
12. Relaxation
13. Last days and some tributes
Part II. Containing Computing Machinery and Morphogenesis:
14. Computing machinery
15. Chemical theory of morphogenesis considered
My brother Alan John Turing
Bibliography
Index.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	20.11.2014
Nachwort	John F. Turing
Vorwort	Lyn Irvine, Martin Davis
Zusatzinfo	7 b/w illus.
Verlagsort	Cambridge
Sprache	englisch
Maße	140 x 216 mm
Gewicht	250 g
Einbandart	kartoniert
Themenwelt	Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
	Literatur ► Romane / Erzählungen
	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik
	Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Militärgeschichte
	Informatik ► Theorie / Studium ► Kryptologie
	Mathematik / Informatik ► Mathematik ► Geschichte der Mathematik
	Mathematik / Informatik ► Mathematik ► Logik / Mengenlehre
	Naturwissenschaften
Schlagworte	Alan M. Turing
ISBN-10	1-107-52422-9 / 1107524229
ISBN-13	978-1-107-52422-4 / 9781107524224
Zustand	Neuware