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The essential Turing : seminal writings in computing, logic, philosophy, artificial intelligence, and artificial life plus the secrets of enigma / edited by B. Jack Copeland

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Oxford : Clarendon, [2004, (2005 printing)Description: viii, 613 p : ill ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9780198250791
  • 9780198250791
Other title:
  • The essential Turing: the ideas that gave birth to the computer age [Cover title]
Subject(s): Scope and content: 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. An introduction by leading Turing expert Jack Copeland provides the background and guides the reader through the selection
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Includes bibliographical references and index

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. An introduction by leading Turing expert Jack Copeland provides the background and guides the reader through the selection

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