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The book that inspired the film the imitation game updated edition kindle edition by hodges, andrew, hofstadter, douglas, hodges, andrew. The enigma 1983 is a biography of the british mathematician, codebreaker, and early computer scientist, alan turing 19121954 by andrew hodges. It is clear that he is impressed with turing, but he also makes sure that the reader will be impressed with his knowledge as well. But his vision went far beyond this crucial achievement.
Capturing both the inner and outer drama of turings life, andrew hodges tells how turings revolutionary idea of 1936the concept of a universal machinelaid the foundation for the modern computer and how turing brought the idea to practical realization in 1945 with his electronic design. The book that inspired the film the imitation game updated edition by andrew hodges. Biography audiobooks andrew hodges alan turing the enigma part 02. Taken on by british intelligence in 1938, as a shy. Andrew hodges alan turing read and download epub, pdf, fb2. Andrew hodges book is of exemplary scholarship and sympathy. It is only a slight exaggeration to say that the british mathematician alan turing 19121954 saved the allies from the nazis, invented the computer and artificial intelligence, and anticipated gay liberation by decadesall before his. The book was critically acclaimed when it was published in 1983, with donald michie in new scientist calling it marvellous and faithful. Joshua cohen, harpers andrew hodges 1983 book alan turing.
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I havent included all the short newspaper and magazine articles or reference book entries. Andrew hodges audio books, best sellers, author bio. Scott, new york times one of the finest scientific biographies ever written. Andrew hodges alan turing the enigma part 02 audiobook. The official book behind the academy awardwinning film the imitation game, starring benedict cumberbatch and keira knightley alan turing was the. The enigma by andrew hodges is an enigma in its own right. In the book, hodges bases all of his accounts on historical facts, while still giving the reader the impression of a novel. Alan turing enigma by hodges andrew, first edition abebooks. The author has obviously spent a lot of time researching many facets of alan turings life and work. The book went on to be inspiration for the 2014 academy awardnominated film the imitation game. Its subject, the british mathematical genius who contributed to the cryptanalysis of the nazi enigma code and to the beginnings of the computer, was not an easy subject. Sep 30, 2018 biography audiobooks andrew hodges alan turing the enigma part 02. He is a tutorial fellow in mathematics at wadham college, oxford university.
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The enigma is written by mathematician andrew hodges and is narrated in this biographical audiobook edition by gordon griffin. Benedict cumberbatch as alan turing in the imitation game, 2014. The book that inspired the film the imitation game updated edition hodges, andrew, hodges, andrew, hofstadter, douglas on. Andrew hodges is a british mathematician, author and an activist in the gay liberation movement of the 1970s.
The book that inspired the film the imitation game updated edition. Through out the book the reader would read the letters of alan and see his personality come out through the letters, getting to understand all of modern technology of computers is based around one man and one problem. Before the war he had formulated the concept of the universal machine, and in 1945 he turned this into the. Taken on by british intelligence in 1938, as a shy young cambridge don, he combined brilliant logic with a flair for engineering. Andrew hodges alan turing the enigma part 02 audiobook youtube. Alan turing was an intense personality, not the autistic enigma portrayed in the film. Alan turing was the extraordinary cambridge mathematician who masterminded.
Jun 30, 2015 this book is turings memorial, and one that does justice to the subject. If i had to describe this book in one word, it would be. This had the antediluvian title of man masters nature bbc books, 1987 rolf herken, who oversaw the translation of my book into german, invited me to contribute an introductory essay alan turing and the turing machine for the volume he conceived and edited. The enigma by andrew hodges, 9780099116417, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide. Turing s rehabilitation from over a quartercenturys embarrassed silence was largely the result of andrew hodges s superb biography, alan turing. Since the early 1970s, hodges has worked on twistor theory, which is the approach to the problems of fundamental physics pioneered by roger penrose. And he brings it uptodate in the centenary edition.
This account of turings life is a definitive scholarly work, rich in primary source documentation and smallgrained historical detail. Andrew hodges biography of the british mathematician, alan turing 19121954 is listed as one of the essential 50 books of. The american 2014 film the imitation game is loosely based on the book. The american 2014 film the imitation game is loosely based on the book, with dramatization. A brief panic over running out of things to read led me to poll my twitter followers for suggestions, andrew hodges biography of alan turing, alan turing. The official book behind the academy awardwinning film, the imitation game, which stars benedict cumberbatch and keira knightley. It finally brought turing the man into sharp focus. Ray monk, guardian andrew hodges 1983 book alan turing. Critically acclaimed at the time donald michie in new scientist called it marvellous and faithful the book was chosen by michael holroyd as part of a list of 50 essential books in the guardian, 1 june 2002. Hodges tries to make turings personal struggles readable, but his propensity for making himself sound erudite get in the way.
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