Hodges also tells how this work was directly related to turings leading role in breaking the german enigma ciphers during world war ii, a scientific triumph that was critical to allied victory. Along with a lucid exposition of turings achievements, hodges. Taken on by british intelligence in 1938, as a shy young cambridge don, he combined brilliant logic with a flair for engineering. 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. From his own mathematics and gayrights background, hedges reconstructs turings discoveries and his dilemma in a kind of dynamic tensionseeing turing, with considerable subtlety, as an intellectual and sexual individualist. Andrew hodges is tutor in mathematics at wadham college, oxford university. The book that inspired the film the imitation game media tiein by hodges, andrew isbn. The book that inspired the film the imitation game. In undertaking this life, numerous individuals constantly attempt to do and get the very best.
I think the aspect of the book that i most grasped and that was the most thoughtprovoking was turings ideas about machine intelligence. A pure mathematician from a tradition that prided itself on its. The book that inspired the film the imitation game updated edition paperback november 10, 2014. 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. The book that inspired the film the imitation game princeton university press. Turings rehabilitation from over a quartercenturys embarrassed silence was largely the result of andrew hodgess superb biography, alan turing. Jun 30, 2015 this book is turings memorial, and one that does justice to the subject. Alan turing 19121954, of cryptanalysis and computer fame. Andrew hodges alan turing the enigma part 02 audiobook. He was also involved in the gay liberation movement during this time. Biography audiobooks andrew hodges alan turing the enigma part 02. Penetrating, sympathetic, poetic, this life by a fellowmathematician was hailed as one of the finest scientific biographies. The enigma, is the indispensable guide to turings life and work and one of the finest biographies of a scientific genius ever written.
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Alan turing the enigma book pdf download ebook pdf, epub. This classic biography of the founder of computer science, reissued on the centenary. Apr 30, 2018 hodges also tells how this work was directly related to turings leading role in breaking the german enigma ciphers during world war ii, a scientific triumph that was critical to allied victory. Hodges has the mathematical knowledge to explain the intellectual significance of turings work, while never losing sight of the. Paul hoffman, author of the man who loved only numbers a remarkable and admirable biography. Turing brought the idea to practical realization in 1945 with his electronic design. The enigma 1983 is a biography of the british mathematician, codebreaker, and early computer scientist, alan turing 19121954 by andrew hodges.
Alan turing died in 1954, but the themes of his life epitomize the turn of the millennium. His classic text of 1983, since translated into several languages, created a new kind of biography, with mathematics, science, computing, war history, philosophy and gay liberation woven into a single personal narrative. The book went on to be inspiration for the 2014 academy awardnominated film the imitation game. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. The enigma the book that inspired the film the imitation game updated edition kitab. A gripping story of mathematics, science, computing, war history, cryptography, and homosexual persecution and liberation. Nov 14, 2014 discover book depositorys huge selection of andrew hodges books online. Turing was highly influential in the development of theoretical computer science, providing a formalisation of the concepts of algorithm and computation with the turing machine, which can be. See all books authored by andrew hodges, including alan turing.
A gripping story of mathematics, computers, cryptography, and homosexual persecution, andrew hodgess acclaimed book captures both the inner and outer drama of turings life. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read alan turing. Nov 30, 2012 andrew hodges is tutor in mathematics at wadham college, oxford university. This book is turings memorial, and one that does justice to the subject. But a book i wish i had written, and one that was a big inspiration for the things i have written, is alan turing. He does a good job, but a lot of it is a bit over my little old head. A new york times bestseller the official book behind the academy awardwinning film the imitation game, starring benedic. Andrew hodges s remarkable insight weaves turings mathematical and computer work with his personal life to produce one of the best biographies of our time, and the basis of the derek jacobi movie breaking the code. Free shipping and pickup in store on eligible orders. If one has seen the movie and liked it, one is going to love this too. Alan turing 191254 was a british mathematician who made history. The american 2014 film the imitation game is loosely based on the book, with dramatization.
Hodges tells how turings revolutionary idea of 1936the concept of a universal machinelaid the foundation for the modern computer and how turing brought the idea to. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading alan turing. The book that inspired the film the imitation game updated edition kindle edition by hodges, andrew, hofstadter, douglas, hodges, andrew. Its subject, the british mathematical genius who contributed to the cryptanalysis of the nazi enigma code and to the beginnings of the computer, was not an easy subject. Andrew hodges, the author, is himself a mathematician, and he explains the projects that turing worked on in detail. We personally assess every book s quality and offer rare, outofprint. His breaking of the german uboat enigma cipher in world war ii. Discover book depositorys huge selection of andrew hodges books online. The book could be simpler and could meet the need of a great biography. Since the early 1970s, hodges has worked on twistor theory, which is the approach to the problems of fundamental physics pioneered by roger penrose. The enigma one of the finest scientific biographies ive ever read. Hodges tells how turings revolutionary idea of 1936 the concept of a universal machine laid the foundation for the modern computer. Jim holt, new yorker andrew hodges 1983 book alan turing.
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