Alan Turing

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• Undecidables

  This is a very long biography, and before it appeared Alan Turing was not very well-known; his genius was of a kind that is not likely to be spread abroad. An immense amount of work has gone into this book, which expresses profound, and sometimes alm ... (read full critics)

  lrb published on Fri, 3 Sep 2010

• Fall of a Genius

  Cambridge University has always been hospitable to powerful but eccentric intellects. Again and again, solitary Cambridge thinkers have conceived, and given clear definitions to, the new ideas of later generations. One may think of young Isaac Newton ... (read full critics)

  nybooks published on Fri, 20 Aug 2010

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  As inspiring as it is sad.

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• English Books
• Paperback 592 Pages
• Edition: New Ed
• ISBN-10: 0045100608
• ISBN-13: 9780045100606
• Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Ltd
• Pub date: Jan 28, 1985
• Dimensions: 1226 mm x 839 mm Just how big is that?
• Also available as: Hardcover, Others and eBook
• In other languages: other languages Libros en Español, Libri Italiani

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