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Alan turing enigma3/8/2023 ![]() ![]() I didn't have the best time reading it (I think I fell asleep a couple times listening to it without realizing) because of how technical a lot of the parts were which I didn't get, but I did finally make it through which I was very proud of. So, I ended up getting the audiobook and just listened to that whenever I could. Less than 3 pages in I knew I couldn't just read it. Sometimes they would talk about certain problems and I completely didn't understand what they were talking about.Įnjoyment: 5/20 (1/4 star)- I struggled to make it through this book. Writing: 7/20 (1/4 star)- As I've already mentioned, it was very detailed and that got to be a bit much for me at times because I didn't understand all the things they were talking about. I felt like they didn't describe some settings as much as they could have, and they described certain things in so much detail that I couldn't really follow it as well because I don't know all the technical aspects of things that they're referring to. Setting: 7/20 (1/4 star)- There was so much detail put into everything, and it was a lot at certain times. There was a bit of it that I felt was unnecessary, but it's good they included it if you want that much detail. Plot: 10/20 (1/2 star)- It was very interesting to hear about what Alan's life was like and everything he did. You learned more about everyone he knew, but what each person was actually like sort of blended together because there were so many people by the end. I really appreciated hearing about what he did and went through. There was a bit of it that I felt was unnecessary, but it's good they included Characters: 10/20 (1/2 star)- The whole book tells you the amazing story of Alan Turing's life. I shall read on with pleasure and curiosity.moreĬharacters: 10/20 (1/2 star)- The whole book tells you the amazing story of Alan Turing's life. This information is extremely important because his times were so different than they are now in many respects. I'm almost done reading the intros and preface, which are unusually long, but give great background to this man and the world in which he lived. I've been interested in Alan Turning years before this sudden mass media burst and delighted to see his intelligence and accomplishments be recognized. This information is extremely important because his times were so different than they are now in ma I just bought an ebook version of this book because I couldn't wait for delivery of the paper version. WRBH’s Biographies program airs Monday through Friday from 2:00 – 2:30PM.I just bought an ebook version of this book because I couldn't wait for delivery of the paper version. The inspiration for a major motion picture starring Benedict Cumberbatch and Keira Knightley, Alan Turing: The Enigma is a gripping story of mathematics, computers, cryptography, and homosexual persecution.” (via Amazon) A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER The official book behind the Academy Award-winning film The Imitation Game, starring Benedict Cumberbatch and Keira Knightley At the same time, this is the tragic account of a man who, despite his wartime service, was eventually arrested, stripped of his security clearance, and forced to undergo a humiliating treatment program–all for trying to live honestly in a society that defined homosexuality as a crime. The book also tells how this work was directly related to Turing’s leading role in breaking the German Enigma ciphers during World War II, a scientific triumph that was critical to Allied victory in the Atlantic. This New York Times–bestselling biography of the founder of computer science, with a new preface by the author that addresses Turing’s royal pardon in 2013, is the definitive account of an extraordinary mind and life.Ĭapturing both the inner and outer drama of Turing’s life, Andrew Hodges tells how Turing’s revolutionary idea of 1936–the concept of a universal machine–laid the foundation for the modern computer and how Turing brought the idea to practical realization in 1945 with his electronic design. “It is only a slight exaggeration to say that the British mathematician Alan Turing (1912-1954) saved the Allies from the Nazis, invented the computer and artificial intelligence, and anticipated gay liberation by decades–all before his suicide at age forty-one. ![]()
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