Alan Turing: The Enigma - Centenary Edition (Centenary)

Title: Alan Turing: The Enigma - Centenary Edition (Centenary) Author: Andrew Hodges ISBN: 9780691155647 Publisher: Princeton University Press Published: 2012 Binding: Paperback Language: English Condition: Used: Near Fine Excellent, unmarked copy with little wear and tight binding. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders. I 1651512 Publisher Description: It is only a slight exaggeration to say that the British mathematician Alan Turing (1912-1954) saved the Allies from the Nazis, invented the computer and artificial intelligence, and anticipated gay liberation by decades--all before his suicide at age forty-one. This classic biography of the founder of computer science, reissued on the centenary of his birth with a substantial new preface by the author, is the definitive account of an extraordinary mind and life. A gripping story of mathemat