The Man Who Knew Too Much: Alan Turing and the Invention of the Computer (Great Discoveries)
Outlines the Bletchley Park mathematician's efforts to launch artificial intelligence innovations, describing his thwarted attempts to gain support for a programmable calculating machine, his contributions to cracking the Nazi Enigma code during World War II, and how the revelation of his homosexuality led to his tragic imprisonment and suicide. Reprint.
Reviews
Ben Nathan@benreadssff
It's really quite engaging when discussing his life and the math theory. The only issue is that it spends a bit too much time talking about the mechanisms in the programming of the time. It could have been summed up in much less time and is revisited many times. That said, I quite enjoyed it and for anyone that's a big math/computer nerd, I would suggest it for sure.
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