Turings rehabilitation from over a quartercenturys embarrassed silence was largely the result of andrew hodgess superb biography, alan turing. And yet this salient figure in world history has remained, as the books title says. Hodges examined available primary sources and interviewed surviving witnesses to elucidate turings multiple dimensions. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading alan turing. R e v i e w s the centenary edition, 2012 turing s rehabilitation from over a quartercenturys embarrassed silence was largely the result of andrew hodges s superb biography, alan turing. A gripping story of mathematics, science, computing, war history, cryptography, and homosexual persecution and liberation. In 1940 his machines were breaking the enigma enciphered messages of nazi germany. The enigma of intelligence counterpoint by hodges, andrew.
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Jun 30, 2015 hodges describes the man, and the science that fascinated himwhich once saved, and still influences, our lives. Alan turing site maintained by andrew hodges including a short biography alanturing. The enigma 1983 is a biography of the british mathematician, codebreaker, and early computer scientist, alan turing 19121954 by andrew hodges. The enigma andrew hodges is tutor in mathematics at. The american 2014 film the imitation game is loosely based on the book, with dramatization. The enigma, is the indispensable guide to turing s life and work and one of the finest biographies of a scientific genius ever written.
Hodges examined available primary sources and interviewed surviving witnesses to elucidate turing s multiple dimensions. Taken on by british intelligence in 1938, as a shy young cambridge don, he combined brilliant logic with a flair for engineering. A pure mathematician from a tradition that prided itself on its. The enigma by andrew hodges and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. Alan turing was an intense personality, not the autistic enigma portrayed in the film. Auflage springer 1994, isbn 3211 826270 englisches original. R e v i e w s the centenary edition, 2012 turings rehabilitation from over a quartercenturys embarrassed silence was largely the result of andrew hodgess superb biography, alan turing. Turing is most famous for his cryptanalysis work at bletchley park during the second world war. In 1992, when vintage uk published a new british paperback edition, i had the opportunity to include a short updating preface.
A pure mathematician from a tradition that prided itself on its impracticality, turing laid the foundations for modern computer science, writes andrew hodges. Listed as one of the essential 50 books of all time in the guardian its only a slight exaggeration to say that the british mathematician alan turing 19121. Apr 30, 2018 hodges also tells how this work was directly related to turings leading role in breaking the german enigma ciphers during world war ii, a scientific triumph that was critical to allied victory. This acclaimed book by andrew hodges is available at in several formats for your ereader. The enigma, a biography of alan turing 19121954 which succeeded in wrapping together turing s life as the founder of computer science, chief world war ii codebreaker and as persecuted gay man. Joshua cohen, harpers andrew hodgess biography is a meticulously researched and written account detailing. Both turing s cracking of the enigma code and his prosecution of gross indecency are mis portrayed in the film. He was a homosexual at a time when homosexual acts were considered a crime. This added some material and some new perspectives which had emerged in the 1980s. The book that inspired the film the imitation game updated edition ebook written by andrew hodges. Its subject, the british mathematical genius who contributed to the cryptanalysis of the nazi enigma code and to the beginnings of the computer, was not an easy subject.
Hodges tells how turing s revolutionary idea of 1936the concept of a universal machinelaid the foundation for the modern computer and how turing brought the idea to. A gripping story of mathematics, computers, cryptography, and homosexual persecution, andrew hodges s acclaimed book captures both the inner and outer drama of turing s life. Nov 14, 2014 alan turing was the mathematician whose ciphercracking transformed the second world war. The enigma was published in the uk and the us in 1983. Andrew hodges s biography of alan turing, the brilliant cambridge mathematician who masterminded the cracking of the german enigma code and indeed was the the father of the modern computer, was regarded as the paperback buy of the season sunday times when it was first published. Download it once and read it on your kindle device. Em 2014, o filme the imitation game foi realizado sob a historia deste livro.
Ebook alan turing the enigma libro electronico descargar. Many times i wanted to put the book away, but i finished it in spite of myself. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read alan turing. Hodges also tells how this work was directly related to turings leading role in breaking the german enigma ciphers during world war ii, a scientific triumph that was critical to allied victory. The enigma by andrew hodges is an enigma in its own right. Alan turing 191254 was a british mathematician who made history. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. The book that inspired the film the imitation game updated edition. Hodges tells how turing s revolutionary idea of 1936 the concept of a universal machine laid the foundation for the modern computer. Canterbury in new zealand and director of the turing archive for the history of computing.
E inoltre possibile scaricare fumetti, magazine e anche libri. Alan turing this is a wikipedia book, a collection of wikipedia articles that can be easily saved, imported by an external electronic rendering service, and ordered as a printed book. Along with a lucid exposition of turings achievements, hodges reveals an amusing, honest man who saw no reason why he should hide his sexual. Turing s rehabilitation from over a quartercenturys embarrassed silence was largely the result of andrew hodges s superb biography, alan turing. Andrew hodges s work brought this hidden story to a wide readership and it has remained in print ever since. This is both a biography of alan turing and an alternative history of ww2 and it handles both brilliantly. His breaking of the german uboat enigma cipher in world war ii ensured alliedamerican co. Alan turing was the mathematician whose ciphercracking transformed the second world war. Hofstadter, david leavitt, charles petzold, rebecca goldstein, f. Simply brit shipped with premium postal service within 24 hours from the uk with impressive delivery time. Thanks to the movie the imitation game, alan turing has emerged from historys shadows, where his memory had languished for decades.
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