Alan Turing: The EnigmaA gripping story of mathematics, science, computing, war history, cryptography, and homosexual persecution and liberation. Hodges tells how Turing's revolutionary idea of 1936-- the concept of a universal machine-- laid the foundation for the modern computer. Turing brought the idea to practical realization in 1945 with his electronic design. This work was directly related to Turing's leading role in breaking the German Enigma ciphers during World War II, a scientific triumph that was critical to Allied victory in the Atlantic. Despite his wartime service, Turing was eventually arrested, stripped of his security clearance, and forced to undergo a humiliating treatment program-- all for trying to live honestly in a society that defined homosexuality as a crime. This New York Times bestselling biography of the founder of computer science and artificial intelligence is the definitive account of an extraordinary mind and life. --Excerpted from 2014 version, published by Princeton University Press. |
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... asked about , and never found any figure offered . My own estimate is 3.108 < N < 3.10 ° . It is based on the diagram p . 207 of latest Starling which refers to a mouse together with w [ eigh ] t of average brain ( 3 lb ) . ... I have asked ...
... asked about , and never found any figure offered . My own estimate is 3.108 < N < 3.10 ° . It is based on the diagram p . 207 of latest Starling which refers to a mouse together with w [ eigh ] t of average brain ( 3 lb ) . ... I have asked ...
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... asked , allowing the suggestion to stand that he thought he ought , at least in principle , to expand his own interests . Once Alan had been persuaded that self - exploration and self - revelation were worthwhile goals , he pursued them ...
... asked , allowing the suggestion to stand that he thought he ought , at least in principle , to expand his own interests . Once Alan had been persuaded that self - exploration and self - revelation were worthwhile goals , he pursued them ...
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... asked the Home Secretary to bring homosexuality into the scope of a current Royal Commission on the law relating to mental disorders . This plea was followed on 26 November by the independent - minded Conservative MP , Sir Robert ...
... asked the Home Secretary to bring homosexuality into the scope of a current Royal Commission on the law relating to mental disorders . This plea was followed on 26 November by the independent - minded Conservative MP , Sir Robert ...
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