Alan Turing: The Enigma
It is only a slight exaggeration to say that the British mathematician Alan Turing (1912-54) saved the Allies from the Nazis and invented the computer and artificial intelligence - all before his suicide at age forty-one. Andrew Hodges tells how Turing's ideas laid the foundation for the modern computer, and how he took a leading role in breaking the German Enigma ciphers during World War II. This is also the tragic account of a man who was persecuted for trying to live honestly in a society that defined homosexuality as a crime. The inspiration for a major motion picture starring Benedict Cumberbatch and Keira Knightley, this is the definitive biography of an extraordinary mind and life.
| Autor: | Hodges, Andrew |
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| EAN: | 9780691164724 |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Seitenzahl: | 768 |
| Produktart: | kartoniert, broschiert |
| Verlag: | Princeton University Press |
| Veröffentlichungsdatum: | 17.07.2015 |
| Untertitel: | The Book That Inspired the Film 'The Imitation Game' |
| Schlagworte: | Enigma Turing, Alan Englisch; Berichte/Erinnerungen/Biografien |
| Größe: | 45 × 124 × 210 |
| Gewicht: | 754 g |
