Turing :
Copeland, B. Jack, 1950-
Turing : pioneer of the information age / B. Jack Copeland. - Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2012. - 300 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Here, B. Jack Copeland provides an account of Turing's life and work, exploring the key elements of his life-story in tandem with his leading ideas and contributions. The book highlights Turing's contributions to computing and to computer science, including Artificial Intelligence and Artificial Life, and the emphasis throughout is on the relevance of his work to modern developments. The story of his contributions to codebreaking during the Second World War is set in the context of his thinking about machines, as is the account of his work in the foundations of mathematics. -- Publisher.
9780199639793 (hbk.) 0199639795 (hbk.)
GBB203664 bnb
016009401 Uk
Turing, Alan Mathison, 1912-1954.
Mathematicians--Great Britain--Biography.
QA 29 .T8 / C78 2012
510.92
Turing : pioneer of the information age / B. Jack Copeland. - Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2012. - 300 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Here, B. Jack Copeland provides an account of Turing's life and work, exploring the key elements of his life-story in tandem with his leading ideas and contributions. The book highlights Turing's contributions to computing and to computer science, including Artificial Intelligence and Artificial Life, and the emphasis throughout is on the relevance of his work to modern developments. The story of his contributions to codebreaking during the Second World War is set in the context of his thinking about machines, as is the account of his work in the foundations of mathematics. -- Publisher.
9780199639793 (hbk.) 0199639795 (hbk.)
GBB203664 bnb
016009401 Uk
Turing, Alan Mathison, 1912-1954.
Mathematicians--Great Britain--Biography.
QA 29 .T8 / C78 2012
510.92