Alan Turing : the enigma man
(2014)
Nonfiction
eBook
Details
PUBLISHED
[United States] : Arcturus Digital Limited, 2014
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DESCRIPTION
1 online resource
ISBN/ISSN
9781784280420 (electronic bk.) MWT12701775, 1784280429 (electronic bk.) 12701775
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES
According to Winston Churchill, Alan Turing made the single biggest contribution to the Allied victory over Nazi Germany with his code-breaking machine. The world is also indebted to Turing's genius for the modern computer. It was clear that Turing had a remarkable mind from an early age. He taught himself to read in just three weeks. At his first school, the headmistress said, 'I have had clever and hardworking boys, but Alan has genius.' In 1954, he was found dead, poisoned by an apple laced with cyanide. This is the story of his life
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