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CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS Alan M. Turing : Centenary Edition by Sara Turing , Afterword by John Turing , Foreword by Martin Davis , Foreword by Lyn Irvine
In a short life he accomplished much, and to the roll of great names in the history of his particular studies added his own. So is described one of the greatest figures of the twentieth century, yet Alan Turings name was not widely recognised until his contribution to the breaking of the German Enigma code became public in the 1970s. The story of Turings life fascinates and in the years since his suicide, Turings reputation has only grown, as his contributions to logic, mathematics, computing, artificial intelligence and computational biology have become better appreciated. To commemorate the centenary of Turings birth, this republication of his mothers biography is enriched by a new foreword by Martin Davis and a never-before-published memoir by Alans older brother. The contrast between this memoir and the original biography reveals tensions and sheds new light on Turings relationship with his family, and on the man himself.show more