Alan Turing, the enigma : the book that inspired the film The Imitation Game, Andrew Hodges ; [with a foreword by Douglas Hofstadter and a new preface by the author]
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Alan Turing, the enigma : the book that inspired the film The Imitation Game, Andrew Hodges ; [with a foreword by Douglas Hofstadter and a new preface by the author]
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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Alan Turing
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Andrew Hodges ; [with a foreword by Douglas Hofstadter and a new preface by the author]
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the enigma : the book that inspired the film The Imitation Game
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A gripping story of mathematics, computers, cryptography, and homosexual persecution. 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
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500, The, logical. Esprit de Corps : to 13 February 1930 ;, The, spirit of truth : to 14 April 1936, New men : to 3 September 1939 ;, The, relay race : to 10 November 1942, Bridge passage : to 1 April 1943, The, physical. Running up : to 2 September 1945, Mercury delayed : to 2 October 1948 ;, The, Greenwood tree : to 7 February 1952, On the beach : to 7 June 1954, Postscript
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