Alan Turing Unlocking the Enigma Single eBook David Boyle
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Alan Mathison Turing.
Mathematician, philosopher, codebreaker, a founder of computer science, and the father of Artificial Intelligence, Turing was one of the most original thinkers of the last century - and the man whose work helped create the computer-driven world we now inhabit.
But he was also an enigmatic figure, deeply reticent yet also strikingly naïve. Turing’s openness about his homosexuality at a time when it was an imprisonable offense ultimately led to his untimely death at the age of only forty-one.
In 'Alan Turing Unlocking the Enigma', David Boyle reveals the mysteries behind the man and his remarkable career. Aged just 22, Turing was elected a fellow at King's College, Cambridge on the strength of a dissertation in which he proved the central limit theorem. By the age of 33, he had been awarded the OBE by King George VI for his wartime services Turing was instrumental in cracking the Nazi Enigma machines at the top secret code breaking establishment at Bletchley Park during the Second World War.
But his achievements were to be tragically overshadowed by the paranoia of the post-War years. Hounded for his supposedly subversive views and for his sexuality, Turing was prosecuted in 1952, and forced to accept the humiliation of hormone treatment to avoid a prison sentence. Just two years later, at the age of 41 he was dead. The verdict cyanide poisoning.
Was Turing’s death accidental as his mother always claimed? Or did persistent persecution drive him to take him own life?
‘Alan Turing Unlocking the Enigma’ seeks to find the man behind the science, illuminating the life of a person who is still a shadowy presence behind his brilliant achievements.
David Boyle's work has been widely praised.
David Boyle is a British author and journalist who writes mainly about history and new ideas in economics, money, business and culture. He lives in Crystal Palace, London. His books include ‘Unheard Unseen Warfare in the Dardanelles’, ‘Towards the Setting Sun The Race for America’ and ‘The Age to Come’.
Endeavour Press is the UK's leading independent publisher of digital books.
Alan Turing Unlocking the Enigma Single eBook David Boyle
A very short biography of Alan Turing, most well-known as the scientist who was key in the British effort to "unlock[..] the Enigma", the German coding machine. David Boyle's book begins with the 2013 "Statutory Pardon of Alan Mathison Turing", in fact there was a veritable rush to effect a posthumous "statutory pardon to one of Britain's greatest scientists" and recognition of him by the British government. "Present in the chamber to hear him were members of Turing's family, and at least one former colleague of his at the top secret code breaking establishment at Bletchly Park." A far cry from the events that lead to his suicide in 1954. Turing openly flaunted an 1885 bill criminalizing homosexuality and was finally sentenced to something like chemical castration. He likely committed suicide shortly afterwards. Most of the book is spent on following Turing from one scientific center and interest to another, from Oxford to Princeton back to London. As soon as there was interest in his theories and findings, he was on to the next breakthrough. I often had to interrupt and look up the theories Turing posited. "He ought perhaps to be remembered for his pioneering contribution to the very beginning of information technology."Product details
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Alan Turing Unlocking the Enigma Single eBook David Boyle Reviews
I think this little story holds a great deal of weight. It illustrates a brilliant mind, a dedicated mind and a tortured soul. It is beyond what I can imagine that a society would condemn Alan Turing for his sexual preferences when that same society benefited so much from his intelligence. It shocked me to some extent. I would have never known his story if it wasn't for this little Single and I'm grateful to have bought it and read it.
I am not sure if the enigma (obvious pun intended) of Turing's life is solved in this brief biography, but it is a very good intro. While his WW II decoding is central to the story, this helps fill out how Turing's real impact is the ongoing debate over artificial intelligence. "Alan Turing" makes me want to read a long-form biography of this giant in the history of computing.
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The only thing that I knew about Alan Turing before this book was a few things about his role in cracking the Enigma Code in WW2. This limited biography explores his role in advancing the computer sciences and development of A I. There is also detailing of his being persecuted by his own government because of his homosexuality.
Barnaby Edwards is very good as narrator.
Well done, and interesting... and short read, or, actually, just the right length. If you want to learn more about Turing, he points you to biographies. If you want to learn more about the era and related subjects, or other interesting eras and periods, the author has written similar books which are shown at the end of the edition, and I assume the paper version as well. I've never read anything else by David Boyle, but it certainly left me thinking about reading some of his other work. In a way, this seems like a volume in a large body of work made up of other volumes.
If you are interested in why some individuals fail in life and why some succeed, this is the book for you, plus a couple of others I have read. Alan Turing overcame all odds to become one of the most influential person in the field of technology. I had a little trouble getting started but, like Alan Turing, I persevered and am so glad I did.
More than the story of a person, this is the story of an age; the story of a man who saw that he could change his world for the better .More than that he came to understand what was needed and did it. The world has been changed.
He is proof that one man opened society's mind to what can be accomplished. I am not going to tell you what he did and how. That would be giving away the baby with the bath water. Suffice to say that his eye was never off his goal for long and finally society is experiencing what he envisioned. Read the book and
enjoy while learning or proving what you thought you already knew.
I was aware of this war time story at a superficial level but this book reveals detail and insight that had not previously been mine. Insofar as it unlocks the enigma, as the book's title promised, it provides an excellent read. But it fails to weave in the personal story of Turing in any meaningful way so that I was left wondering why. After all his story is of a demonized, despised homosexual to many in society at that time and his brilliant mind failed to impress so many of those who should have been impressed, not to say eternally grateful, for his contribution in the war effort. For the reader who would like to understand well the story of cracking the enigma code this is otherwise a fine, interesting and insightful book. Tony Edwards The Slope of Kongwa Hill A Boy's Tale of Africa
I downloaded this book to learn more about Alan Turing aafter being introduced to him in the excellent new movie about him. I did learn some new facts which I assume are correct. But the book is not a great piece of literature. It really does not explore the depths of this fascinating man. It's about Wikipedia level!
A very short biography of Alan Turing, most well-known as the scientist who was key in the British effort to "unlock[..] the Enigma", the German coding machine. David Boyle's book begins with the 2013 "Statutory Pardon of Alan Mathison Turing", in fact there was a veritable rush to effect a posthumous "statutory pardon to one of Britain's greatest scientists" and recognition of him by the British government. "Present in the chamber to hear him were members of Turing's family, and at least one former colleague of his at the top secret code breaking establishment at Bletchly Park." A far cry from the events that lead to his suicide in 1954. Turing openly flaunted an 1885 bill criminalizing homosexuality and was finally sentenced to something like chemical castration. He likely committed suicide shortly afterwards. Most of the book is spent on following Turing from one scientific center and interest to another, from Oxford to Princeton back to London. As soon as there was interest in his theories and findings, he was on to the next breakthrough. I often had to interrupt and look up the theories Turing posited. "He ought perhaps to be remembered for his pioneering contribution to the very beginning of information technology."
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