Alan Turing: Life and Legacy of a Great Thinker

Alan Turing: Life and Legacy of a Great Thinker
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Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages : 553
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ISBN-10 : 9783662056424
ISBN-13 : 3662056429
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Book Synopsis Alan Turing: Life and Legacy of a Great Thinker by : Christof Teuscher

Download or read book Alan Turing: Life and Legacy of a Great Thinker written by Christof Teuscher and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2013-06-29 with total page 553 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Written by a distinguished cast of contributors, Alan Turing: Life and Legacy of a Great Thinker is the definitive collection of essays in commemoration of the 90th birthday of Alan Turing. This fascinating text covers the rich facets of his life, thoughts, and legacy, but also sheds some light on the future of computing science with a chapter contributed by visionary Ray Kurzweil, winner of the 1999 National Medal of Technology. Further, important contributions come from the philosopher Daniel Dennett, the Turing biographer Andrew Hodges, and from the distinguished logician Martin Davis, who provides a first critical essay on an emerging and controversial field termed "hypercomputation".


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