Man Who Knew Too Much
Alan Turing And the Invention of the Computer
Leavitt, David
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BOOK SYNOPSIS
Outlines the Bletchley Park mathematician's efforts to launch artificial intelligence innovations, describing his thwarted attempts to gain support for a programmable calculating machine, his contributions to cracking the Nazi Enigma code during World War II, and how the revelation of his homosexuality led to his tragic imprisonment and suicide. Reprint.
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ISBN: 0393329097
Dewey Decimal: 509
Library of Congress: oc2007060109
Book Publisher: W W Norton & Co Inc
Language: ENG
No. of Pages: 336
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