The Essential Turing

The ideas that gave birth to the computer age
Erscheinungsjahr 2004
ISBN: 978-0-19-825079-1
Verlag: Oxford University Press

Buch, Englisch, 620 Seiten, Format (B × H): 163 mm x 242 mm, Gewicht: 1073 g

The legacy of the code-breaker who invented modern computingKey Features:

- The first time Alan Turing's writings have been available to a general readership
- Published to mark the 50th anniversary of his death
- The ideas that gave birth to modern computing, Artificial Intelligence, and Cognitive Science
- A superb array of articles, broadcasts and lectures, each introduced and set in context
- Includes Turing's work on the Enigma codes
- An Introduction gives a full picture of Turing's life and works
Description:

Alan Turing, pioneer of computing and WWII codebreaker, is one of the most important and influential thinkers of the twentieth century. In this volume for the first time his key writings are made available to a broad, non-specialist readership. They make fascinating reading both in their own right and for their historic significance: contemporary computational theory, cognitive science, artificial intelligence, and artificial life all spring from this ground-breaking work, which is also rich in philosophical and logical insight.

Zielgruppe

Anyone with an interest in computing, artificial intelligence, codebreaking, WW2 history, or the history of ideas and technology in the 20th century.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Copeland, B. J.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Wissenschafts- und Universitätsgeschichte
• Mathematik | Informatik EDV | Informatik EDV & Informatik Allgemein Soziale und ethische Aspekte der EDV
• Mathematik | Informatik EDV | Informatik Professionelle Anwendung Computersimulation & Modelle, 3-D Graphik
• Mathematik | Informatik EDV | Informatik Informatik Logik, formale Sprachen, Automaten
• Mathematik | Informatik EDV | Informatik EDV & Informatik Allgemein EDV & Informatik: Geschichte
• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Allgemeine Psychologie Kognitionspsychologie
• Mathematik | Informatik EDV | Informatik Informatik Mathematik für Informatiker
• Mathematik | Informatik EDV | Informatik Informatik Künstliche Intelligenz

Über Autor(innen)

B.J.COPELAND, Director of the Turing Centre, University of Canterbury, New Zealand