Turing : pioneer of the information age / B. Jack Copeland.

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"Here, B. Jack Copeland provides an account of Turing's life and work, exploring the key elements of his life-story in tandem with his leading ideas and contributions. The book highlights Turing's contributions to computing and to computer science, including Artificial Intelligence and Artificial Li...

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Main Author: Copeland, B. Jack, 1950-
Language:English
Published: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2012.
Subjects:
Turing, Alan, > 1912-1954.
Mathematicians > Great Britain > Biography.
Genre:
Biography.
Physical Description:300 pages : illustrations, portraits, facsimiles, photographs ; 23 cm
Variant Title:
Pioneer of the information age.
Format: Book
Contents:
  • 1) Click, Tap, or Touch to Open
  • 2) The Universal Turing Machine
  • 3) America, Mathematics, Hitler
  • 4) Di-di-di-di-Enigma Calling
  • 5) Turing's U-boat Battle
  • 6) 1942: Back to America + Hitler's New Code
  • 7) Colossus, Delilah, Victory
  • 8) ACE, A Month's Work in a Minute
  • 9) Manchester's 'Electronic Brain'
  • 10) The Imitation Game- Artificial Intelligence, Artificial Life
  • 11) Cold Porridge
  • 12) /END////
  • Appendix: A Simple Turing Machine
  • Notes
  • Index.