Alan Turing: The Enigma by Andrew Hodges

Alan Turing: The Enigma

Andrew Hodges with Douglas R. Hofstadter (Contributor)

608 pages first pub 1983 (editions)

nonfiction biography computer science lgbtqia+ mathematics informative medium-paced

Description

Alan Turing (1912-54) was a British mathematician who made history. His breaking of the German U-boat Enigma cipher in World War II ensured Allied-American control of the Atlantic. But Turing's vision went far beyond the desperate wartime struggle...

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