Alan mathison turing was born on 23 june 1912, the second and last child after his brother john of julius mathison and ethel sara turing. Chess has long been the fulcrum in development of machine intelligence. More importantly, he was brave enough to admit his homosexuality in the 1950s. The turing guide is a great introduction to the many and varied facets of turings life. A book from alan turing and a mysterious piece of paper. Alan turing was the extraordinary cambridge mathematician who masterminded the cracking of the german enigma ciphers and transformed the second world war. The book could be simpler and could meet the need of a great biography. Turing, father of the modern computer rutherford journal. The enigma paperback 5 march 1992 by andrew hodges author visit amazons andrew hodges page. Alan turing is one of the great pioneers of the digital age, establishing the mathematical foundations of computing and using electromechanical digital machines to break german ciphers at.
Books by alan turing author of computing machinery and. If one has seen the movie and liked it, one is going to love this too. Turing was a renaissance man who studied and made contributions to the philosophical study of the nature of intelligence, to biology and to physics. The enigma the book that inspired the film the imitation game by hodges andrew from. Bestselling author and physicist stephen hawking explores the masterpieces of mathematics, 25 landmarks spanning 2,500 years and representing the work of 15 mathematicians, including augustin cauchy, bernard riemann, and alan turing. Newspaper cuttings, printed obituaries, material relating to inquest, and tributes. Alan turing, in full alan mathison turing, born june 23, 1912, london, englanddied june 7, 1954, wilmslow, cheshire, british mathematician and logician, who made major contributions to mathematics, cryptanalysis, logic, philosophy, and mathematical biology and also to the new areas later named computer science, cognitive science. This treatment had ended a year before his suicide in 1954. He made major contributions to the fields of mathematics, computer science, and artificial intelligence. What ai can show us about what it means to be human founding.
Alan turing 19121954, of cryptanalysis and computer fame. Turing is most famous for his cryptanalysis work at bletchley park during the second world war. I think the aspect of the book that i most grasped and that was the most thoughtprovoking was turings ideas about machine intelligence. A brief panic over running out of things to read led me to poll my twitter followers for suggestions, andrew hodges biography of alan turing, alan turing. Buy lullabies by leav lang at low price in india flipkart. But his vision went far beyond this crucial achievement. I think the aspect of the book that i most grasped and that was the most thoughtprovoking was turing s ideas about machine intelligence. To kindly hospitality and thronging friends around his board. See all books authored by alan turing, including a. He developed the idea of the modern computer and artificial intelligence. Alan turing s definition of a turing machine was not intended as a blueprint for how one would actually build practical computing machinery.
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The unusual name of turing placed him in a distinctive family tree of english gentry, far from rich but determinedly uppermiddleclass in the peculiar sense of the english class system. The american 2014 film the imitation game is loosely based on the book, with dramatization. The enigma the book that inspired the film the imi. Turing s early input to the developments at manchester, hinted at by williams in his abovequoted reference to turing, was via the lectures on computer design that turing and his assistant wilkinson gave in london during the period december 1946 to february 1947 the lecture notes are in alan turing s automatic computing engine. Alan turing graduated in 1934, and was a fellow at kings for two continue reading alan turing timeline. Turing had been convicted of indecency in 1952, and had undergone hormone therapy as an alternative to prison to correct his homosexuality. Everywhere the same laws are obeyed, the same swarm logic is at work. Reference books books buy reference books books online at best prices. The enigma author andrew hodges turned turings life into this biography in 1983. The very primitive actions of reading and writing and moving one step at a time are like atoms of computation, and the atomic level is too timeconsuming for what is needed in practice. It is a bit ironic that a book whose title implies that alan turing himself is the biggest enigma manages to leave him still an enigma in many ways, but that is the case.
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I recommend this book not only to people interested in alans scientific achievements, but to anyone who woiuld like to meet a genius of the modern era. Alan turing was the mathematician whose ciphercracking transformed the second world war. Sir robert turing brought back a fortune from india in 1792 and revived the title. Despite that, if you only read one book from this list, alan turing. Rare alan turing journal shows his genius at work cnet. Research publications sponsored projects research patents books theses. Indias richest man is ready to take on amazon and walmarts flipkart. Alan turing article about alan turing by the free dictionary. Turing s farsighted plans for the digital era forged ahead into a vision for artificial intelligence. A new york times bestseller the official book behind the academy awardwinning film the imitation game, starring benedict cumberbatch and keira knightley. However, in 1952 his homosexuality rendered him a criminal and he was subjected to humiliating treatment. In 2012, the centenary of turings birth, a number of turingrelated events were held around the world. Mar 14, 2017 the turing guide is a great introduction to the many and varied facets of turings life. A british mathematician, inventor of the turing machine.
The book that inspired the film the imitation game updated edition by andrew hodges and douglas hofstadter nov 10, 2014 3. He had the ingenuity and imagination to bridge the gap between the theory of computation as posed by the likes of godel and the implementation of computation machines. The conflicted life of an ordinary english homosexual atheist mathematician. Decades before siri and alexa began battling it out for best virtual assistant, computer scientist alan turing invented the eponymous turing. This volume commemorates the work of alan turing, because it was turing who.
Published for the royal society by the cambridge university press, london. The book that inspired the film the imitation game media tiein by hodges, andrew isbn. A fine offprint from the philosophical transactions of the royal society of london, series b. Turings ace report of 1946 and other papers, and morphogenesis. In 1954, aged 41, alan turing committed suicide and one of britains greatest scientific minds was lost. Alan turing and the invention of the computer david. The book is also the basis for the upcoming movie, the imitation game. The book is full of brilliant treasures, anecdotal accounts of turings eccentricity and genius, and insights into his science this little book, with its kaleidoscopic picture of alan turings short life, goes some way towards decoding his mind, and his family. Turing was highly influential in the development of theoretical computer science, providing a formalisation of the concepts of algorithm and computation with the turing. Alan turing and the invention of the computer david leavitt w.
Find all the books, read about the author, and more. Turings suicide comes rather abruptly towards the end of the book. Johnson unearths a secret history of decentralized thinking, looking at those like adam smith, friedrich engels and alan turing who contributed to the study of selforganization long before this became a recognized science. Alan turing books list of books by author alan turing. Inspired designs on tshirts, posters, stickers, home decor, and more by independent artists and designers from around the world. It is only a slight exaggeration to say that the british mathematician alan turing 19121954 saved the allies from the nazis, invented the computer and artificial intelligence, and anticipated gay liberation by decadesall before his.
The book that inspired the film the imitation game hodges, andrew, hofstadter, douglas isbn. Turing has been honoured in various ways in manchester, the city where he worked towards the end of his life. Newman, biographical memoirs of fellows of the royal society. Alan turing this is a wikipedia book, a collection of wikipedia articles that can be easily saved, imported by an external electronic rendering service, and ordered as a printed book. Part i of alan turing, father of the modern computer provides an overview of turings many major contributions to the development of the computer and computingincluding his pioneering work in the areas now called artificial intelligence and artificial life part ii tells the story of turings ace. Lectures and publications about turing were made in slovenia in the first half of 2012, such as 9, 10, but the most essential event was a conference in october, dedicated to alan turing and 20 years of slovenian artificial intelligence society, entitled 100 years of alan turing and 20. High quality alan turing inspired tshirts by independent artists and designers from around the world. He went to kings college, cambridge in 1931 to read mathematics.
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Turing was a student and fellow of kings college cambridge and was a graduate student at princeton university. This is simply one of the best tales in the history of computers. On june 8, 1954, alan turing, a fortyoneyearold research scientist at manchester university, was found dead by his housekeeper. Alan turing author of computing machinery and intelligence. This brilliant codebreaker helped turn the tide of world war ii, and he was one of the founders of computer science. The award is named after alan turing, who was a british mathematician and reader in mathematics at the university of manchester. The world needed alan turing in the early years of computer science, and it still does. It is a mistake to look only at what he is famous for among nonmathematicians. Alan turings definition of a turing machine was not intended as a blueprint for how one would actually build practical computing machinery.
He worked for the british government during world war ii, when he succeeded in breaking the secret code germany used to communicate. For readers who want to hone in on particular aspects, theres no shortage of recent titles to choose from. The enigma author andrew hodges turned turing s life into this biography in 1983. Before getting into bed the night before, he had taken a few.
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