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

336 pages 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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