The Man Who Knew Too Much: Alan Turing and the Invention of the Computer by Leavitt, David

The Man Who Knew Too Much: Alan Turing and the Invention of the Computer

To solve one of the great mathematical problems of his day, Alan Turing proposed an imaginary computer....
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Author: David Leavitt
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Language: English
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The Man Who Knew Too Much: Alan Turing and the Invention of the Computer by Leavitt, David

The Man Who Knew Too Much: Alan Turing and the Invention of the Computer

¥4,010

The Man Who Knew Too Much: Alan Turing and the Invention of the Computer

¥4,010
Author: David Leavitt
Format: Paperback
Language: English
To solve one of the great mathematical problems of his day, Alan Turing proposed an imaginary computer. Then, attempting to break a Nazi code during World War II, he successfully designed and built one, thus ensuring the Allied victory. Turing became a champion of artificial intelligence, but his work was cut short. As an openly gay man at a time when homosexuality was illegal in England, he was convicted and forced to undergo a humiliating treatment that may have led to his suicide.

With a novelist's sensitivity, David Leavitt portrays Turing in all his humanity--his eccentricities, his brilliance, his fatal candor--and elegantly explains his work and its implications.

Author: David Leavitt
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Published: 11/17/2006
Pages: 336
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.95lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 1.00d
ISBN: 9780393329094


Review Citation(s):
New York Times 01/21/2007 pg. 20

About the Author
Leavitt, David: - David Leavitt is the author of novels including The Body of Jonah Boyd and The Two Hotel Francforts, as well as story collections. The New York Public Library honored him as a Literary Lion. He teaches creative writing at the University of Florida, Gainesville, where he lives.

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