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

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The Man Who Knew Too Much: Alan Turing and the Invention of the Computer 2014, Blackstone Audiobooks

ISBN-13: 9781483018409

Audiobook CD

The Man Who Knew Too Much: Alan Turing and the Invention of the Computer 2014, Blackstone Audiobooks

ISBN-13: 9781483018386

Audiobook CD

The Man Who Knew Too Much: Alan Turing and the Invention of the Computer 2006, W. W. Norton & Company, New York, NY

ISBN-13: 9780393329094

Trade paperback

The Man Who Knew Too Much: Alan Turing and the Invention of the Computer 2006, W. W. Norton & Company, New York, NY

ISBN-13: 9780393052367

Hardcover