Turing and the Universal Machine: The Making of the Modern Computer by Jon Turney, Jon Agar

Turing and the Universal Machine: The Making of the Modern Computer

Revolutions in Science

Jon Turney, Jon Agar

153 pages first pub 1997 (editions)

nonfiction biography science technology informative medium-paced

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The history of the computer is entwined with that of the modern world and most famously with the life of one man, Alan Turing. How did this device, which first appeared a mere 50 years ago, come to structure and dominate our lives so totally? An e...

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