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In an extraordinary and ultimately tragic life that unfolded like a novel, Turing helped break the German Enigma code to turn the tide of World War II, later speculated on artificial intelligence, fell victim to the homophobic witchhunts of the early 1950s, and committed suicide at the age of 41. Yet Turing is most famous for an eerily prescient 1936 paper in which he invented an imaginary computing machine, explored its capabilities and intrinsic limitations, and established the foundations of modern-day programming and computability.
This absorbing book expands Turing's now legendary 36-page paper with extensive annotations, fascinating historical context, and page-turning glimpses into his private life. From his use of binary numbers to his exploration of concepts that today's programmers will recognize as RISC processing, subroutines, algorithms, and others, Turing foresaw the future and helped to mold it. In our post-Turing world, everything is a Turing Machine - from the most sophisticated computers we can build, to the hardly algorithmic processes of the human mind, to the information-laden universe in which we live.
In an extraordinary and ultimately tragic life that unfolded like a novel, Turing helped break the German Enigma code to turn the tide of World War II, later speculated on artificial intelligence, fell victim to the homophobic witchhunts of the early 1950s, and committed suicide at the age of 41. Yet Turing is most famous for an eerily prescient 1936 paper in which he invented an imaginary computing machine, explored its capabilities and intrinsic limitations, and established the foundations of modern-day programming and computability.
This absorbing book expands Turing's now legendary 36-page paper with extensive annotations, fascinating historical context, and page-turning glimpses into his private life. From his use of binary numbers to his exploration of concepts that today's programmers will recognize as RISC processing, subroutines, algorithms, and others, Turing foresaw the future and helped to mold it. In our post-Turing world, everything is a Turing Machine - from the most sophisticated computers we can build, to the hardly algorithmic processes of the human mind, to the information-laden universe in which we live.
American writer Charles Petzold (1953-) is the author of the acclaimed 1999 book Code: The Hidden Language of Computer Hardware and Software, a unique exploration into the digital technologies of computers. He is also the author of hundreds of articles about computer programming, as well as several books on writing programs that run under Microsoft Windows. His Web site is [...]
Introduction vii
I Foundations 1
1 This Tomb Holds Diophantus 3
2 The Irrational and the Transcendental 13
3 Centuries of Progress 35
II Computable Numbers 55
4 The Education of Alan Turing 57
5 Machines at Work 79
6 Addition and Multiplication 97
7 Also Known as Subroutines 111
8 Everything Is a Number 127
9 The Universal Machine 143
10 Computers and Computability 163
11 Of Machines and Men 189
III Das Entscheidungsproblem 199
12 Logic and Computability 201
13 Computable Functions 231
14 The Major Proof 259
15 The Lambda Calculus 281
16 Conceiving the Continuum 299
IV And Beyond 323
17 Is Everything a Turing Machine? 325
18 The Long Sleep of Diophantus 351
Selected Bibliography 361
Index 366
| Erscheinungsjahr: | 2008 |
|---|---|
| Genre: | Informatik |
| Rubrik: | Naturwissenschaften & Technik |
| Medium: | Taschenbuch |
| Inhalt: | 372 S. |
| ISBN-13: | 9780470229057 |
| ISBN-10: | 0470229055 |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Herstellernummer: | 14522905000 |
| Einband: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
| Autor: | Petzold, C. |
| Hersteller: |
John Wiley & Sons
Wiley John + Sons |
| Maße: | 228 x 151 x 23 mm |
| Von/Mit: | C. Petzold |
| Erscheinungsdatum: | 13.06.2008 |
| Gewicht: | 0,509 kg |
American writer Charles Petzold (1953-) is the author of the acclaimed 1999 book Code: The Hidden Language of Computer Hardware and Software, a unique exploration into the digital technologies of computers. He is also the author of hundreds of articles about computer programming, as well as several books on writing programs that run under Microsoft Windows. His Web site is [...]
Introduction vii
I Foundations 1
1 This Tomb Holds Diophantus 3
2 The Irrational and the Transcendental 13
3 Centuries of Progress 35
II Computable Numbers 55
4 The Education of Alan Turing 57
5 Machines at Work 79
6 Addition and Multiplication 97
7 Also Known as Subroutines 111
8 Everything Is a Number 127
9 The Universal Machine 143
10 Computers and Computability 163
11 Of Machines and Men 189
III Das Entscheidungsproblem 199
12 Logic and Computability 201
13 Computable Functions 231
14 The Major Proof 259
15 The Lambda Calculus 281
16 Conceiving the Continuum 299
IV And Beyond 323
17 Is Everything a Turing Machine? 325
18 The Long Sleep of Diophantus 351
Selected Bibliography 361
Index 366
| Erscheinungsjahr: | 2008 |
|---|---|
| Genre: | Informatik |
| Rubrik: | Naturwissenschaften & Technik |
| Medium: | Taschenbuch |
| Inhalt: | 372 S. |
| ISBN-13: | 9780470229057 |
| ISBN-10: | 0470229055 |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Herstellernummer: | 14522905000 |
| Einband: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
| Autor: | Petzold, C. |
| Hersteller: |
John Wiley & Sons
Wiley John + Sons |
| Maße: | 228 x 151 x 23 mm |
| Von/Mit: | C. Petzold |
| Erscheinungsdatum: | 13.06.2008 |
| Gewicht: | 0,509 kg |
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