Turing : pioneer of the information age / B. Jack Copeland.
Publication details: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2012. Description: 300 p. : ill. ; 22 cmISBN: 9780199639793 (hbk.); 0199639795 (hbk.)Subject(s): Turing, Alan Mathison, 1912-1954 | Mathematicians -- Great Britain -- BiographyDDC classification: 510.92 LOC classification: QA 29 .T8 | C78 2012Summary: 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.| Item type | Current library | Class number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item reservations |
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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.
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