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In 1940 his machines were breaking the enigmaenciphered messages of nazi germany. A pure mathematician from a tradition that prided itself on its impracticality, turing laid the foundations for modern computer science, writes andrew hodges. In 1940 his machines were breaking the enigma enciphered messages of nazi germanys air force. This classic biography of the founder of computer science, reissued on the centenary of his birth with a substantial new preface by. The story of alan turing, world war iis secret hero, whose brilliant mathematical work resulted in the enigma machine which broke the german military code and gave the allied forces advance knowledge of. He was also involved in the gay liberation movement during this time hodges is best known as the author of alan turing. A gripping story of mathematics, computers, cryptography, and homosexual persecution, andrew hodgess acclaimed book captures both the inner and outer drama of turings life. Merely attach your gadget computer system or gizmo to the internet linking. Get the modernday innovation making your downloading alan turing. Thanks to the movie the imitation game, alan turing has emerged from historys shadows, where his memory had languished for decades. The enigma andrew hodges is tutor in mathematics at wadham college, oxford university. Capturing both the inner and outer drama of turings life, andrew hodges tells how turings revolutionary idea of 1936the concept of a universal machinelaid the foundation for the modern computer and how turing brought the idea to practical. The enigma, is the indispensable guide to turings life and work and one of the finest biographies of a scientific genius ever written.
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Alan turing 191254 was a british mathematician who made history. In particular he notes that joan clarke remained in the naval enigma section until the end of the war. Margaret boden, new scientist andrew hodgess magisterial alan turing. Andrew hodgess 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. Includes a new foreword by the author and a preface by douglas hofstadter. Find all the books, read about the author, and more. The conflicted life of an ordinary english homosexual atheist mathematician. Alexanders period in charge of naval enigma is fully described in his cryptographic history of work on the german naval enigma see the update notes on chapter 4.
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I was inspired to read the book in part because ive been reading lots of airelated books this year 1 and in just about every one of those books, alan turing is mention in some. The book that inspired the film the imitation game updated edition ebook written by andrew hodges. He was a homosexual at a time when homosexual acts were considered a crime. Joshua cohen, harpers andrew hodgess biography is a meticulously researched and written account detailing. Hodges tells how turings revolutionary idea of 1936 the concept of a universal machine laid the foundation for the modern computer and how turing brought the. From his own mathematics and gayrights background, hedges reconstructs turings discoveries and his dilemma in a kind of dynamic tensionseeing turing, with considerable subtlety, as an intellectual and sexual individualist. A gripping story of mathematics, computers, cryptography and homosexual persecution, andrew hodgess acclaimed audiobook captures both the inner and outer drama of turings life. In 1940 his machines were breaking the enigmaenciphered messages of nazi germanys air force. Alan turing was an intense personality, not the autistic enigma portrayed in the film. May 27, 2012 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. Apr 10, 2015 the enigma of alan turing alan turingan english mathematician, logician, and cryptanalystwas a computer pioneer. Hodges tells how turing s revolutionary idea of 1936 the concept of a universal machine laid the foundation for the modern computer.
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