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Alan Turing: The Enigma

by Andrew Hodges

Alan Turing died in 1954, but the themes of his life epitomize the turn of the millennium. A pure mathematician from a tradition that prided itself on its impracticality, Turing laid the foundations for modern computer science, writes Andrew Hodges:
Alan had proved that there was no "miraculous machine" that could solve all mathematical problems, but in the process he had discovered ... (read more)

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oldmasterq said:

“i read this book in college. i was then very interested in mathematicians with unusual lives. this book was very well written, very thick with research. comparable to the wittgenstein biography by ray monk. a different kind of biography (more entertaining) of another unusual mathematician is that of paul erdos. ”

posted Wednesday, October 3 2007