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Alan Turing : his work and impact /

This book offers a modern perspective on the many ways in which Turing's scientific endeavors have impacted current research and understanding of the world. His pivotal writings on subjects including computing, artificial intelligence, cryptography, morphogenesis, and more display continued rel...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: ScienceDirect (Online service)
Other Authors: Cooper, S. B. (S. Barry), Leeuwen, J. van (Jan)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Language Notes:English.
Published: Amsterdam ; Boston : Elsevier, 2013.
Subjects:
Turing, Alan, > 1912-1954.
Turing, Alan Mathison, > 1912-1954.
Turing, Alan, > 1912-1954
Mathematicians > Great Britain > Biography.
Computer science > Mathematics.
Enigma cipher system.
Logic, Symbolic and mathematical.
Mathematics.
Mathematics
Computers > history
Mathematical Computing
Mathématiciens > Grande-Bretagne > Biographies.
Informatique > Mathématiques.
Enigma (Machine à chiffrer)
Logique symbolique et mathématique.
Mathématiques.
Turing, Alan Mathison > 1912-1954.
Computer science > Mathematics
Enigma cipher system
Logic, Symbolic and mathematical
Mathematicians
Great Britain
Electronic books.
Biography
Biographies
Biographies.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • pt. 1. How do we compute? what can we prove?
  • pt. 2. Hiding and unhiding information : cryptology, complexity and number theory
  • pt. 3. Building a brain : intelligent machines, practice and theory
  • pt. 4. The mathematics of emergence : the mysteries of morphogenesis.