The Man Who Knew Too Much: Alan Turing and the Invention of the Computer
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| Rating | : | 4.81 (663 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B00KN17XQK |
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| Number of Pages | : | 279 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-11-20 |
| Language | : | English |
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More of the man behind the math needed A little too complicated on the math side. I know Turing was a mathematician, and his contributions were certainly astounding, but I was expecting more on Turing himself and the struggles he went through to be accepted, to overcome the prejudice against him and the penalties that were exacted against him due to his homosexuality, and some more insights into the man behind the math instead of the math itself, which I thought should have been subservient to the personal issues instead of the main focus. I was . The Man who knew too much: Alan Turing and the Invention of the Computer I have only finished about half of this book and having read two other books on Turing, can say that this book is the most readible. In many ways it is an interesting ook, but also a sad book in recounting the rotten treatment of a genius who contributed so much to the invention of the computer, but also his work on code breaking during WWII. It is a sad ending to anyone's life when it involves suicide. The self-righteous stand of the elected British government is deplorable. I would heartily recommend this . "his research and work in general after seeing the excellent movie. This book will help fill in and" according to Susan V.. I found I wanted to learn more about Alan Turing and the work he did to solve the Enigma Code along with his research and work in general after seeing the excellent movie. This book will help fill in and flesh out the man and his work.
A '"skillful, literate'" (New York Times Book Review) biography of the persecuted genius who helped create the modern computer. Then, attempting to break a Nazi code during World War II, he successfully designed and built one, thus ensuring the Allied victory. To solve one of the great mathematical problems of his day, Alan Turing proposed an imaginary computer. Turing became a champion of artificial intelligence, but his work was cut short. As an openly gay man at a time when homosexuality was illegal in England, he was convicted and forced to undergo a humiliating "tr