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ISBN: 9781784700089
Number Of Pages: 624
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The official book behind the film, The Imitation Game, this is a dramatic portrayal of the life and work of Alan Turing, one of Britain's most extraordinary unsung heroes, and one of the world's greatest innovators.
This is the official story that has inspired the British film, The Imitation Game, a nail-biting race against time following Alan Turing, the pioneer of modern-day computing and credited with cracking the German Enigma code, and his brilliant team at Britain's top-secret code-breaking centre, Bletchley Park, during the darkest days of World War II. Turing, whose contributions and genius significantly shortened the war, saving thousands of lives, was the eventual victim of an unenlightened British establishment, but his work and legacy live on.
Prime Minister Gordon Brown released a statement of apology in 2009 on behalf of the British government for the "appalling" treatment of Turing.
About the Author
Andrew Hodges is Tutor in Mathematics at Wadham College, Oxford University. His classic text of 1983, since translated into several languages, created a new kind of biography, with mathematics, science, computing, war history, philosophy and gay liberation woven into a single personal narrative. He is an active contributor to the mathematics of fundamental physics, as a follower of Roger Penrose.
"One of the finest scientific biographies I've ever read: authoritative, superbly researched, deeply sympathetic and beautifully told" * Sylvia Nasar, author of A Beautiful Mind *
"Andrew Hodges' book is of exemplary scholarship and sympathy. Intimate, perceptive and insightful, it's also the most readable biography I've picked up in some time" * Time Out *
"A first-rate presentation of the life of a first-rate scientific mind" * New York Times Book Review *
"One of the finest scientific biographies ever written" * New Yorker *
"A first-rate presentation of the life of a first-rate scientific mind...it is hard to imagine a more thoughtful and warm biography than this one" -- Douglas Hofstadter * New York Times Book Review *
ISBN: 9781784700089
ISBN-10: 1784700088
Audience:
General
Format:
Paperback
Language:
English
Number Of Pages: 624
Published: 1st December 2014
Publisher: Vintage Publishing
Country of Publication: GB
Dimensions (cm): 19.8 x 12.8
x 4.1
Weight (kg): 0.57
Edition Number: 1
Edition Type: Media tie-in
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