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A review by alexandrarhurst
Alan Turing: The Enigma by Andrew Hodges
4.0
HORRIBLY FASCINATING. I unashamedly started reading this because I loved the movie 'Imitation Game,' and while I will admit I was kind of bummed how inaccurate the movie was, my newfound appreciation for Turing and his life's work outweighs all that.
I expected the book to give a lot of great insight into Turing's papers and inventions, but I totally wasn't prepared for the mathematical depth it went into. As a mathematician, I absolutely loved getting this added insight. It really helped to create a more complete picture and answered a lot of questions I had about Turing machines and the Enigma.
If you don't have a long attention span or mathematical training, this book not might be for you, but all in all it really is an incredible portrait of the 'Trotsky of the Computer Revolution.'
I expected the book to give a lot of great insight into Turing's papers and inventions, but I totally wasn't prepared for the mathematical depth it went into. As a mathematician, I absolutely loved getting this added insight. It really helped to create a more complete picture and answered a lot of questions I had about Turing machines and the Enigma.
If you don't have a long attention span or mathematical training, this book not might be for you, but all in all it really is an incredible portrait of the 'Trotsky of the Computer Revolution.'