Turing's Cathedral: The Origins of the Digital Universe by George Dyson

Turing's Cathedral: The Origins of the Digital Universe

George Dyson

505 pages first pub 2012 (editions)

nonfiction history science technology challenging informative slow-paced
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Turing's Cathedral: The Origins of the Digital Universe by George Dyson is a captivating read for anyone fascinated by the intersection of technology, history, and science, who will be drawn into a rich narrative of innovation, discovery, and the profound impact of the digital universe on our world.

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“It is possible to invent a single machine which can be used to compute any computable sequence,” twenty-four-year-old Alan Turing announced in 1936. In Turing’s Cathedral, George Dyson focuses on a small group of men and women, led by John von Ne...

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