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The enigma, the story of the british computer pioneer and codebreaker alan. R e v i e w s the centenary edition, 2012 turing s rehabilitation from over a quartercenturys embarrassed silence was largely the result of andrew hodges s superb biography, alan turing. The enigma, is the indispensable guide to turing s life and work and one of the finest biographies of a scientific genius ever written. Hodges tells how turing s revolutionary idea of 1936 the concept of a universal machine laid the foundation for the modern computer. However, in 1952 his homosexuality rendered him a criminal and he was subjected to humiliating treatment.
Alan turing was an intense personality, not the autistic enigma portrayed in the film. Andrew hodges, and henrik olesen, the artist behind some illustrations to the life of alan turing, both depict the young alan turing as a child inquisitive, and bright beyond his. In 1918 a german engineer named arthur scherbius patented the enigma machine. The book that inspired the film the imitation game. Oclcs webjunction has pulled together information and resources to assist library staff as they consider how to handle coronavirus. Ver the imitation game descifrando enigma 2014 online. Alan turing was driven to a terrible despair and early death by the nation hed done so much to save.
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This remains a shame on the british government and british history. Apr 10, 2015 the enigma of alan turing alan turingan english mathematician, logician, and cryptanalystwas a computer pioneer. Turing is most famous for his cryptanalysis work at bletchley park during the second world war. There are many other other much better books on turing, including the. Alan turing died in 1954, but the themes of his life epitomize the turn of the millennium. Includes a new foreword by the author and a preface by douglas hofstadter. Reliable information about the coronavirus covid19 is available from the world health organization current situation, international travel.
They dont criticise a vision went on destroying it was. If you read the book you will realise that the film distorts aspects of turing s live and work quite considerably. In 1954, aged 41, alan turing committed suicide and one of britains greatest scientific minds was lost. The enigma ebook del autor andrew hodges isbn 97814487817 en pdf o epub completo al mejor precio, leer. Joshua cohen, harpers andrew hodges s biography is a meticulously researched and written account detailing. Often remembered for his contributions to the fields of artificial intelligence and modern computer science before either even existed, turing is probably best known for what is now dubbed the turing test. Numerous and frequentlyupdated resource results are available from this search. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read alan turing. Hodges describes the man, and the science that fascinated himwhich once saved, and still influences, our lives.
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 german military movements. Em 2014, o filme the imitation game foi realizado sob a historia deste livro. Alan turing, the enigma by andrew hodges librarything. A gripping story of mathematics, science, computing, war history, cryptography, and homosexual persecution and liberation. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets.
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Alan turing was the extraordinary cambridge mathematician who masterminded the cracking of the german enigma ciphers and transformed the second world war. Taken on by british intelligence in 1938, as a shy young cambridge don, he combined brilliant logic with a flair for engineering. Its 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 suicide at age pdf fortyone. Thanks to the movie the imitation game, alan turing has emerged from historys shadows, where his memory had languished for decades.
Turing brought the idea to practical realization in 1945 with his electronic design. A pure mathematician from a tradition that prided itself on its. Hodges examined available primary sources and interviewed surviving witnesses to elucidate turing s multiple dimensions. Alan turing 191254 was a british mathematician who made history. For him, breaking the enigma was much easier than the problem of dealing with other people, especially with those holding power. The official book behind the academy awardwinning film the imitation game, starring benedict cumberbatch and keira knightley alan turing was the mathematician whose ciphercracking transformed the second world war. His breaking of the german uboat enigma cipher in world war ii ensured alliedamerican control of the atlantic. Margaret boden, new scientist andrew hodges s magisterial alan turing. The enigma by andrew hodges is an enigma in its own right. The official book behind the film, the imitation game, this is a drama.