عنوان
پدید آورنده
موضوع
رده
QA29.T8 H63 2014
QA29
.
T8
H63
2014
کتابخانه
محل استقرار
INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
(Number (ISBN
069116472X
(Number (ISBN
9780691164724
NATIONAL BIBLIOGRAPHY NUMBER
Number
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TITLE AND STATEMENT OF RESPONSIBILITY
Title Proper
Alan Turing :
General Material Designation
[Book]
Other Title Information
the enigma : the book that inspired the film The Imitation Game /
First Statement of Responsibility
Andrew Hodges ; [with a foreword by Douglas Hofstadter and a new preface by the author].
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
xxxii, 736 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates :
Other Physical Details
illustrations;
Dimensions
20 cm
GENERAL NOTES
Text of Note
"First published by Burnett Books Ltd in association with Hutchinson Publishing Group, 1983"--T.p. verso.
Text of Note
This edition with a new preface by the author.
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
Text of Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
Text of Note
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 -- 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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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
Text of Note
A gripping story of mathematics, computers, cryptography, and homosexual persecution. Hodges tells how Turing's revolutionary idea of 1936-- the concept of a universal machine-- laid the foundation for the modern computer. Turing brought the idea to practical realization in 1945 with his electronic design. This work was directly related to Turing's leading role in breaking the German Enigma ciphers during World War II, a scientific triumph that was critical to Allied victory in the Atlantic. Despite his wartime service, Turing was eventually arrested, stripped of his security clearance, and forced to undergo a humiliating treatment program-- all for trying to live honestly in a society that defined homosexuality as a crime.
PERSONAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Turing, Alan Mathison,1912-1954.
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Mathematicians-- Great Britain, Biography.
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CLASSIFICATION
Class number
QA29
.
T8
Book number
H63
2014
PERSONAL NAME - PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITY
Hodges, Andrew.
PERSONAL NAME - ALTERNATIVE RESPONSIBILITY
Hofstadter, Douglas R.,1945-
ORIGINATING SOURCE
Date of Transaction
20141212152327.0
ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS
Electronic name
مطالعه متن کتاب [Book]
Y
