Alan Turing decoded : the man they called prof / Dermot Turing.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Turing, Dermot, author.

Contributor:

Alumni and Friends Memorial Book Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mathematicians--Great Britain--Biography.

Mathematicians.

Cryptographers.

Computer scientists.

Computer scientists--Great Britain--Biography.

Cryptographers--Great Britain--Biography.

Turing, Alan, 1912-1954.

Turing, Alan.

Great Britain.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

336 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

Stroud : The History Press, 2021.

Summary:

"Alan Turing was an extraordinary man who crammed into his 42 years the careers of mathematician, codebreaker, computer scientist and biologist. He is widely regarded as a war hero grossly mistreated by his unappreciative country, and it has become hard to disentangle the real man from the story. It is easy to cast him as a misfit, the stereotypical professor. But actually Alan Turing was never a professor, and his nickname 'Prof' was given by his codebreaking friends at Bletchley Park. Now Dermot Turing has taken a fresh look at the influences on his uncle's life and creativity, and the creation of a legend. He discloses the real character behind the cipher-text, answering questions that help the man emerge from his legacy: how did Alan's childhood experiences influence him? How did his creative ideas evolve? Was he really a solitary genius? What was his wartime work after 1942, and what of the Enigma story? What is the truth about the conviction for gross indecency, and did he commit suicide? In Alan Turing Decoded, Dermot's vibrant and entertaining approach to the life and work of a true genius makes this a fascinating and authoritative read"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: 1. Unreliable Ancestors

2. Dismal Childhoods

3. Direction of Travel

4. Kingsman

5. Machinery of Logic

6. Prof

7. Looking Glass War

8. Lousy Computer

9. Taking Shape

10. Machinery of Justice

11. Unseen Worlds.

Notes:

"First published in 2015 as, Prof. : Alan Turing decoded. This revised and updated edition first published in 2021"--Title page verso.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Alumni and Friends Memorial Book Fund.

Other Edition:

Revision of: 9781841656434 Turing, Dermot. Stroud, Gloucestershire : The History Press, 2015

Other Format:

ebook version :

ISBN:

9780750998673

0750998679

OCLC:

1265345450

Publisher Number:

99989828986