Alan Turing's automatic computing engine : the master codebreaker's struggle to build the modern computer /

The mathematical genius Alan Turing (1912-1954) was one of the greatest scientists and thinkers of the 20th century. Now well known for his crucial wartime role in breaking the ENIGMA code, he was the first to conceive of the fundamental principle of the modern computer--the idea of controlling a co...

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Other Authors:	Turing, Alan, 1912-1954, Copeland, B. Jack, 1950- (Editor)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2005.
Subjects:	Turing, Alan, > 1912-1954. Turing, Alan, > 1912-1954 Computers > Great Britain > History. Computer engineering > Great Britain > History. Ordinateurs > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire. Ordinateurs > Conception et construction > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire. COMPUTERS > History. Computer engineering Computers Great Britain Computers. Electronic books. History Instructional and educational works. Matériel d'éducation et de formation.
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Published 2005

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