Summary: The ideas that gave birth to the computer ageAlan Turing, pioneer of computing and WWII codebreaker, was one of the most important and influential thinkers of the twentieth century. In this volume for the first time his key writings are made available to a broad, non-specialist readership. They make fascinating reading both in their own right and for their historic significance: contemporary computational theory, cognitive science, artificial intelligence, and artificial life all spring from this ground-breaking work, which is also richin philosophical and logical insight
Detaljer om materialet
Type
Ebog
Format
1 online resource (622 s.)
Sprog
engelsk
Emneord
Beskrivelse
Print version: Copeland, B. J. ; The Essential Turing
ISBN
9780191520280
Udgave
1. ed.
Forlag
Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Målgruppe
voksenmaterialer