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

The Man Who Knew Too Much: Alan Turing and the Invention of the Computer

Great Discoveries

David Leavitt

missing page info Add in missing page information first pub 2006 (editions)

nonfiction biography history science informative reflective slow-paced
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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 bec...

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