Alan turing the bletchley park codebreaker would have been 100 years old on 23 june had he lived to the present day. Hodges examined available primary sources and interviewed surviving witnesses to elucidate turing s multiple dimensions. Dec 05, 2014 buy alan turing the enigma the book that inspired the film the imitation game updated edition book online at best prices in india on. The enigma by andrew hodges, 9780691164724, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide. 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. Alans life is covered from early days of family life, following him through school, on to cambridge, then the codebreaking work during the war, and subsequently his involvement in developing the first uk computers. The author has obviously spent a lot of time researching many facets of alan turings life and work. He was already working parttime for the british governments code and cypher school before the second world war broke out. 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. If i had to describe this book in one word, it would be. In late 1940 alan turing wrote a report describing the methods he and his colleagues at bletchley park had used to break into the german enigma cipher systems. The narrator, alec pryor, confronts the reader with this question on the first page of murmur. Born in london in 1912, he studied at both cambridge and princeton universities.
Buy alan turing the enigma the book that inspired the film the imitation game updated edition book online at best prices in india on. One of the finest scientific biographies ever written. A missing message from rogue mathematician alan turing surfaces as part of the celebrations for his 100th birthday. The book that inspired the film the imitation game updated edition kindle edition by hodges, andrew, hofstadter, douglas, hodges, andrew. Dec 27, 2015 a team of scientists, mathematicians and cryptographers are credited with cracking the enigma code. The enigma by andrew hodges is an enigma in its own right. The enigma by andrew hodges, the code book by simon singh, codebreakers by f. Alan turings influence will appear again in other articles on this site, beginning with this piece.
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Listed as one of the essential 50 books of all time in the guardian. Its a contentious question, says andrew hodges, author of the acclaimed biography alan turing. If you have holds on the shelf, they will be held until we reopen. Taken on by british intelligence in 1938, as a shy young cambridge don, he combined brilliant logic with a flair for engineering. The official book behind the academy awardwinning film the imitation game, starring benedict cumberbatch and keira knightley alan turing was.
A pure mathematician from a tradition that prided itself on its. The book that inspired the film, the imitation game, editura vintage this is the official book that inspired the film. The book could be simpler and could meet the need of a great biography. 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. Churchill was the man to lead the country through the war. But which one does a better job of exploring his incredible achievement. Alan turing the enigma book pdf download ebook pdf, epub. Alan turing the enigma is long, very detailed and is some places drags. Jun 23, 20 alan turing was a british scientist and a pioneer in computer science. The enigma of wwii codebreaker alan turing youtube. Alan turing was driven to a terrible despair and early death by the nation hed done so much to save. Learn how this eccentric oddity changed the world and did it almost entirely in secret.
During world war ii, he developed a machine that helped break the german enigma code. Reliable information about the coronavirus covid19 is available from the world health organization current situation, international travel. Both turings cracking of the enigma code and his prosecution of gross indecency are mis portrayed in the film. This book is superbly researched and superbly written. Some readers may be put off by the length 650 pages, but the book is one of the best histories i have ever read. If you read the book you will realise that the film distorts aspects of turing s live and work quite considerably. Two decades ago, a mathematician named andrew hodges published alan turing. May 27, 2012 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 suicide at age fortyone. Nov 09, 2014 like a lot of people, i became consciously aware of alan turing from the film the imitation game and given a reasonable interest in history and social history, particularly ordinary people doing extraordinary things, i thought i would give this a go. The enigma 1983 is a biography of the british mathematician.
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