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Item specifics
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller Notes
- Country/Region of Manufacture
- United States
- Narrative Type
- Fiction
- ISBN
- 9781400040308
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
ISBN-10
1400040302
ISBN-13
9781400040308
eBay Product ID (ePID)
51079813
Product Key Features
Book Title
Madman Dreams of Turing Machines
Number of Pages
240 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2006
Topic
Psychological, General, Historical
Genre
Fiction
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
1.1 in
Item Weight
15.2 Oz
Item Length
8.5 in
Item Width
5.8 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2005-037124
Reviews
"An absolutely wonderful book. Godel and Turning tried to defy time, and failed, so the only way to bring them back is through the imagination. It requires a very wise and special imagination, with a powerful and quirky mind of her own, to give a plausible portrait of such geniuses. Janna Levin is a gifted stylist and with this compelling book, she has transcended the category of scientists who write books to become simply one of our most interesting contemporary writers." Lee Smolin, author of The Life of The Cosmos and Three Roads to Quantum Gravity "I love the contrast of Turing's mechanized view of the world with Godel's more openended 'incompleteness.' A Madman Dreams of Turing Machines is a wonderfully imagined book." Alan Lightman, author of Einstein's Dreams "A Madman Dreams of Turing Machines is a wonderfully original book. Janna Levin's compelling narrative artfully straddles the realms of fiction and non-fiction, allowing us to viscerally experience the tortured lives of two towering intellectsGodel and Turingwhile learning how each, in his own way, left a profound imprint on human thought." Brian Greene, author of The Elegant Universe, "An absolutely wonderful book. Godel and Turning tried to defy time, and failed, so the only way to bring them back is through the imagination. It requires a very wise and special imagination, with a powerful and quirky mind of her own, to give a plausible portrait of such geniuses. Janna Levin is a gifted stylist and with this compelling book, she has transcended the category of scientists who write books to become simply one of our most interesting contemporary writers." Lee Smolin, author ofThe Life of The CosmosandThree Roads to Quantum Gravity "I love the contrast of Turing's mechanized view of the world with Godel's more openended 'incompleteness.'A Madman Dreams of Turing Machinesis a wonderfully imagined book." Alan Lightman, author ofEinstein's Dreams "A Madman Dreams of Turing Machinesis a wonderfully original book. Janna Levin's compelling narrative artfully straddles the realms of fiction and non-fiction, allowing us to viscerally experience the tortured lives of two towering intellectsGodel and Turingwhile learning how each, in his own way, left a profound imprint on human thought." Brian Greene, author ofThe Elegant Universe From the Hardcover edition., "An absolutely wonderful book. Godel and Turning tried to defy time, and failed, so the only way to bring them back is through the imagination. It requires a very wise and special imagination, with a powerful and quirky mind of her own, to give a plausible portrait of such geniuses. Janna Levin is a gifted stylist and with this compelling book, she has transcended the category of scientists who write books to become simply one of our most interesting contemporary writers." -Lee Smolin, author of "The Life of The Cosmos" and "Three Roads to Quantum Gravity " "I love the contrast of Turing's mechanized view of the world with Godel's more openended 'incompleteness.' "A Madman Dreams of Turing Machines "is a wonderfully imagined book." -Alan Lightman, author of "Einstein's Dreams" " """A Madman Dreams of Turing Machines "is a wonderfully original book. Janna Levin's compelling narrative artfully straddles the realms of fiction and non-fiction, allowing us to viscerally experience the tortured lives of two towering intellects-Godel and Turing-while learning how each, in his own way, left a profound imprint on human thought." -Brian Greene, author of "The Elegant Universe "
Dewey Edition
22
TitleLeading
A
Dewey Decimal
813/.6
Synopsis
This remarkable work of fiction reimagines the lives of two of the most important and influential minds of our time: Kurt G]del, the greatest logician of many centuries; and Alan Turing, the extraordinary mathematician and breaker of the Enigma Code during World War II., In this remarkable work of fiction, astrophysicist Janna Levin reimagines the lives of two of the most important and influential minds of our time. The narrator is a scientist herself, a physicist obsessed with Kurt Gödel, the greatest logician of many centuries, and with Alan Turing, the extraordinary mathematician, breaker of the Enigma Code during World War II. "They are both brilliantly original and outsiders," the narrator tells us. "They are both besotted with mathematics. But for all their devotion, mathematics is indifferent, unaltered by any of their dramas . . . Against indifference, I want to tell their stories." Which she does in a haunting, incantatory voice, the two lives unfolding in parallel narratives that overlap in the magnitude of each man's achievement and demise: Gödel, delusional and paranoid, would starve himself to death; Turing, arrested for homosexual activities, would be driven to suicide. And they meet as well in the narrator's mind, where facts are interwoven with her desire and determination to find meaning in the maze of their stories: two men devoted to truth of the highest abstract nature, yet unable to grasp the mundane truths of their own lives. A unique amalgam of luminous imagination and richly evoked historic character and event- A Madman Dreams of Turing Machines is a story about the pursuit of truth and its effect on the lives of two men. A story of genius and madness, incredible yet true., In this remarkable work of fiction, astrophysicist Janna Levin reimagines the lives of two of the most important and influential minds of our time. The narrator is a scientist herself, a physicist obsessed with Kurt Godel, the greatest logician of many centuries, and with Alan Turing, the extraordinary mathematician, breaker of the Enigma Code during World War II. "They are both brilliantly original and outsiders," the narrator tells us. "They are both besotted with mathematics. But for all their devotion, mathematics is indifferent, unaltered by any of their dramas . . . Against indifference, I want to tell their stories." Which she does in a haunting, incantatory voice, the two lives unfolding in parallel narratives that overlap in the magnitude of each man's achievement and demise: Godel, delusional and paranoid, would starve himself to death; Turing, arrested for homosexual activities, would be driven to suicide. And they meet as well in the narrator's mind, where facts are interwoven with her desire and determination to find meaning in the maze of their stories: two men devoted to truth of the highest abstract nature, yet unable to grasp the mundane truths of their own lives. A unique amalgam of luminous imagination and richly evoked historic character and event--"A Madman Dreams of Turing Machines" is a story about the pursuit of truth and its effect on the lives of two men. A story of genius and madness, incredible yet true.
LC Classification Number
QA28.L48 2006
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- d***n (791)- Feedback left by buyer.Past 6 monthsVerified purchaseTypically bungling performance from Evri (Hermes): the package was said to be ‘out for delivery’ on 2 September, but it did not arrive until 8 September, after I had expended much effort in trying to find out what had happened to it. In contrast, top marks for the seller: accurate description, excellent packaging, prompt transport from USA (until Evri got its hands on the package), and good-natured support when I explained the problems I was having with the notoriously inefficient delivery firm.
- t***j (1735)- Feedback left by buyer.Past 6 monthsVerified purchaseGreat Transaction - Item as Described - Packaged with Great Care - Fast Shipping - Many Thanks! A+++The Book Club of California: (Volume 87, No. 1, Winter 2022) (#405979437934)
- k***d (124)- Feedback left by buyer.Past 6 monthsVerified purchaseShipping was insanely fast! Packaging super tough! Came as described and beyond the value. One of my new favorite additions to my books.Mount Analogue: An Authentic Narrative (#405833804341)