Turing (A Novel about Computation)
 

Turing (A Novel about Computation)

by Christos H. Papadimitriou

Our hero is Turing, an interactive tutoring program and namesake (or virtual emanation?) of Alan Turing, World War II code breaker and father of computer science. In this unusual novel, Turing's idiosyncratic version of intellectual history from a computational point of view unfolds in tandem with the story of a love affair involving Ethel, a successful computer executive, Alexandros, a... (read more)

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Member Reviews

  • RabbitWatch
    • Rated 3 stars

    A good intro to computation and a pretty insane novel. Hard to follow in some parts.

    RabbitWatch wrote this review Tuesday, November 27 2007. ( reply | permalink )
  • pbshoe
    • Rated 3 stars

    A fun ride through the possibilities of artificial intelligence, the internet and computing. I thought this was well written, and the math/science behind this fictional work was fairly true.

    pbshoe wrote this review Monday, October 9 2006. ( reply | permalink )
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