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A review by carmiendo
Alan Turing: The Enigma by Andrew Hodges
3.0
this book took forever for me to read!! first of all, it's 50% math textbook and i haven't read one of those since college. math nostalgia~~
unfortunately alan turing was a fascinating genius and individual and so i kept wanting to know what else he did in his life, juuuust enough to keep going.
IT TURNS OUT: he only gets credit for about ten percent of the cool shit that he did! he invented generated text with his friend and they used it to write randomly generated love letters. his hobby was basically apocalypse prepping by recreating modern technology using things found in nature. he was basically out to everyone he worked with because he just decided not to respect people who didn't accept him. what a bad ass.
do i wish i could have known all of this information without having to read this book? DEFINITELY. was it worth it? MAYBE. am i glad to be done? ALSO DEFINITELY
unfortunately alan turing was a fascinating genius and individual and so i kept wanting to know what else he did in his life, juuuust enough to keep going.
IT TURNS OUT: he only gets credit for about ten percent of the cool shit that he did! he invented generated text with his friend and they used it to write randomly generated love letters. his hobby was basically apocalypse prepping by recreating modern technology using things found in nature. he was basically out to everyone he worked with because he just decided not to respect people who didn't accept him. what a bad ass.
do i wish i could have known all of this information without having to read this book? DEFINITELY. was it worth it? MAYBE. am i glad to be done? ALSO DEFINITELY