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Agar, Jon

 
9781785782381: Turing and the Universal Machine: The Making of the Modern Computer
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ISBN 10 : 178578238X ISBN 13 : 9781785782381
Editeur : Icon Books, 2017

Synopsis

The history of the computer is entwined
with that of the modern world and with the life of one man, the brilliant but
troubled Alan Turing.

How did the computer come to structure
and dominate our lives so totally? In Jon Agar's enlightening story of the
'universal machine', we discover how Turing's groundbreaking work not only
helped break German codes during the Second World War but also founded the beginnings
of the modern computer.

Persecuted by the authorities for his
homosexuality, and ultimately hounded to suicide, Turing's personal
tribulations are as relevant to the modern world as his work on computing, as
indicated by his posthumous royal pardon of 2013 and the recent film The Imitation Game, which focuses on
Turing's turbulent life.

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À propos de l'auteur

Dr Jon Agar teaches at the Department of Science and Technology Studies at University College London and is the author of Constant Touch: a Global History of the Mobile Phone, and Science in the Twentieth Century and Beyond.

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Éditeur
Icon Books
Date d'édition
2017
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
178578238X
ISBN 13 
9781785782381
Reliure
Broché
Numéro d'édition
2
Nombre de pages
160
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Personne responsable
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