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Item specifics
- Condition
- Release Year
- 2008
- Book Title
- The Annotated Turing: A Guided Tour Through Alan Turing's Hist...
- ISBN
- 9780470229057
About this product
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, John
ISBN-10
0470229055
ISBN-13
9780470229057
eBay Product ID (ePID)
64068096
Product Key Features
Number of Pages
384 Pages
Publication Name
Annotated Turing : A Guided Tour Through Alan Turing's Historic Paper on Computability and the Turing Machine
Language
English
Subject
Machine Theory, Computer Science, Science & Technology
Publication Year
2008
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Computers, Biography & Autobiography
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
0.8 in
Item Weight
14.4 Oz
Item Length
8.9 in
Item Width
6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2008-022829
Dewey Edition
22
TitleLeading
The
Illustrated
Yes
Dewey Decimal
511.3/52
Table Of Content
Introduction vii I Foundations 1 1 This Tomb Holds Diophantus 3 2 The Irrational and the Transcendental 13 3 Centuries of Progress 35 II Computable Numbers 55 4 The Education of Alan Turing 57 5 Machines at Work 79 6 Addition and Multiplication 97 7 Also Known as Subroutines 111 8 Everything Is a Number 127 9 The Universal Machine 143 10 Computers and Computability 163 11 Of Machines and Men 189 III Das Entscheidungsproblem 199 12 Logic and Computability 201 13 Computable Functions 231 14 The Major Proof 259 15 The Lambda Calculus 281 16 Conceiving the Continuum 299 IV And Beyond 323 17 Is Everything a Turing Machine? 325 18 The Long Sleep of Diophantus 351 Selected Bibliography 361 Index 366
Synopsis
Programming Legend Charles Petzold unlocks the secrets of the extraordinary and prescient 1936 paper by Alan M. Turing Mathematician Alan Turing invented an imaginary computer known as the Turing Machine; in an age before computers, he explored the concept of what it meant to be computable , creating the field of computability theory in the process, a foundation of present-day computer programming. The book expands Turing's original 36-page paper with additional background chapters and extensive annotations; the author elaborates on and clarifies many of Turing's statements, making the original difficult-to-read document accessible to present day programmers, computer science majors, math geeks, and others. Interwoven into the narrative are the highlights of Turing's own life: his years at Cambridge and Princeton, his secret work in cryptanalysis during World War II, his involvement in seminal computer projects, his speculations about artificial intelligence, his arrest and prosecution for the crime of "gross indecency," and his early death by apparent suicide at the age of 41., Before digital computers ever existed, Alan Turing envisioned their power and versatility...but also proved what computers could never do. In an extraordinary and ultimately tragic life that unfolded like a novel, Turing helped break the German Enigma code to turn the tide of World War II, later speculated on artificial intelligence, fell victim to the homophobic witchhunts of the early 1950s, and committed suicide at the age of 41. Yet Turing is most famous for an eerily prescient 1936 paper in which he invented an imaginary computing machine, explored its capabilities and intrinsic limitations, and established the foundations of modern-day programming and computability. This absorbing book expands Turings now legendary 36-page paper with extensive annotations, fascinating historical context, and page-turning glimpses into his private life. From his use of binary numbers to his exploration of concepts that todays programmers will recognize as RISC processing, subroutines, algorithms, and others, Turing foresaw the future and helped to mold it. In our post-Turing world, everything is a Turing Machine from the most sophisticated computers we can build, to the hardly algorithmic processes of the human mind, to the information-laden universe in which we live., Programming Legend Charles Petzold unlocks the secrets of the extraordinary and prescient 1936 paper by Alan M. Turing Mathematician Alan Turing invented an imaginary computer known as the Turing Machine; in an age before computers, he explored the concept of what it meant to be computable , creating the field of computability theory in the process, a foundation of present-day computer programming. The book expands Turing's original 36-page paper with additional background chapters and extensive annotations; the author elaborates on and clarifies many of Turing's statements, making the original difficult-to-read document accessible to present day programmers, computer science majors, math geeks, and others. Interwoven into the narrative are the highlights of Turing's own life: his years at Cambridge and Princeton, his secret work in cryptanalysis during World War II, his involvement in seminal computer projects, his speculations about artificial intelligence, his arrest and prosecution for the crime of gross indecency, and his early death by apparent suicide at the age of 41., Before digital computers ever existed, Alan Turing envisioned their power and versatility. but also proved what computers could never do.
LC Classification Number
QA267
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