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Alan M. Turing : Centenary Edition by Sara Turing (2014, Trade Paperback)

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Alan M. Turing, Paperback by Turing, Sara; Davis, Martin (FRW); Turing, John (AFT), ISBN 1107524229, ISBN-13 9781107524224, Brand New, Free shipping in the US Presents an account of Alan Turing's life as recounted by his mother, in an edition updated with an afterword by his older brother that provides new information on the mathematician's relationship with his family.

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PublisherCambridge University Press

ISBN-101107524229

ISBN-139781107524224

eBay Product ID (ePID)208721139

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Number of Pages194 Pages

Publication NameAlan M. Turing : Centenary Edition

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2014

SubjectCultural Heritage, General, Science & Technology

FeaturesRevised

TypeTextbook

Subject AreaMathematics, Biography & Autobiography

AuthorSara Turing

FormatTrade Paperback

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Item Height0.4 in

Item Weight19.4 Oz

Item Length8.5 in

Item Width5.5 in

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Reviews"The world needed Alan Turing in the early years of computer science, and it still does." Anthony L. Clapes, Computing Reviews

Dewey Edition23

IllustratedYes

Afterword byTuring, John F.

Dewey Decimal510.92

Edition DescriptionRevised edition

Table Of ContentForeword 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.

SynopsisTo commemorate the centenary of Turing's birth, this republication of his mother's biography contains a new foreword by Martin Davis and a never-before-published memoir by Alan's brother. The contrast between this memoir and the original biography sheds new light on Turing's relationship with his family, and on the man himself., '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.

LC Classification NumberQA29.T8T8 2014