The Annotated Turing: A Guided Tour Through Alan Turing's Historic Paper on Comp

Description: The Annotated Turing by Charles Petzold Before digital computers ever existed, Alan Turing envisioned their power and versatility. but also proved what computers could never do. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description Programming Legend Charles Petzold unlocks the secrets of the extraordinary and prescient 1936 paper by Alan M. Turing Mathematician Alan Turing invented an imaginary computer known as the Turing Machine; in an age before computers, he explored the concept of what it meant to be computable, creating the field of computability theory in the process, a foundation of present-day computer programming. The book expands Turings original 36-page paper with additional background chapters and extensive annotations; the author elaborates on and clarifies many of Turings statements, making the original difficult-to-read document accessible to present day programmers, computer science majors, math geeks, and others. Interwoven into the narrative are the highlights of Turings own life: his years at Cambridge and Princeton, his secret work in cryptanalysis during World War II, his involvement in seminal computer projects, his speculations about artificial intelligence, his arrest and prosecution for the crime of "gross indecency," and his early death by apparent suicide at the age of 41. Notes This popular computer programming author takes on Turings historic paper and unlocks the secrets of the Turing Machine. Back Cover Before digital computers ever existed, Alan Turing envisioned their power and versatility...but also proved what computers could never do. In an extraordinary and ultimately tragic life that unfolded like a novel, Turing helped break the German Enigma code to turn the tide of World War II, later speculated on artificial intelligence, fell victim to the homophobic witchhunts of the early 1950s, and committed suicide at the age of 41. Yet Turing is most famous for an eerily prescient 1936 paper in which he invented an imaginary computing machine, explored its capabilities and intrinsic limitations, and established the foundations of modern-day programming and computability. This absorbing book expands Turings now legendary 36-page paper with extensive annotations, fascinating historical context, and page-turning glimpses into his private life. From his use of binary numbers to his exploration of concepts that todays programmers will recognize as RISC processing, subroutines, algorithms, and others, Turing foresaw the future and helped to mold it. In our post-Turing world, everything is a Turing Machine -- from the most sophisticated computers we can build, to the hardly algorithmic processes of the human mind, to the information-laden universe in which we live. Flap Before digital computers ever existed, Alan Turing envisioned their power and versatility...but also proved what computers could never do. In an extraordinary and ultimately tragic life that unfolded like a novel, Turing helped break the German Enigma code to turn the tide of World War II, later speculated on artificial intelligence, fell victim to the homophobic witchhunts of the early 1950s, and committed suicide at the age of 41. Yet Turing is most famous for an eerily prescient 1936 paper in which he invented an imaginary computing machine, explored its capabilities and intrinsic limitations, and established the foundations of modern-day programming and computability. This absorbing book expands Turings now legendary 36-page paper with extensive annotations, fascinating historical context, and page-turning glimpses into his private life. From his use of binary numbers to his exploration of concepts that todays programmers will recognize as RISC processing, subroutines, algorithms, and others, Turing foresaw the future and helped to mold it. In our post-Turing world, everything is a Turing Machine -- from the most sophisticated computers we can build, to the hardly algorithmic processes of the human mind, to the information-laden universe in which we live. Author Biography English mathematician Alan Turing (1912–1954) is the author of the 1936 paper "On Computable Numbers, with an Application to the Entscheidungsproblem" that introduced the imaginary computer called the Turing Machine for understanding the nature and limitations of computing. His famous 1950 article "Computing Machinery and Intelligence" introduced the Turing Test for gauging artificial intelligence. American writer Charles Petzold (1953–) is the author of the acclaimed 1999 book Code: The Hidden Language of Computer Hardware and Software, a unique exploration into the digital technologies of computers. He is also the author of hundreds of articles about computer programming, as well as several books on writing programs that run under Microsoft Windows. His Web site is Table of Contents Introduction vii I Foundations 1 1 This Tomb Holds Diophantus 3 2 The Irrational and the Transcendental 13 3 Centuries of Progress 35 II Computable Numbers 55 4 The Education of Alan Turing 57 5 Machines at Work 79 6 Addition and Multiplication 97 7 Also Known as Subroutines 111 8 Everything Is a Number 127 9 The Universal Machine 143 10 Computers and Computability 163 11 Of Machines and Men 189 III Das Entscheidungsproblem 199 12 Logic and Computability 201 13 Computable Functions 231 14 The Major Proof 259 15 The Lambda Calculus 281 16 Conceiving the Continuum 299 IV And Beyond 323 17 Is Everything a Turing Machine? 325 18 The Long Sleep of Diophantus 351 Selected Bibliography 361 Index 366 Long Description Before digital computers ever existed, Alan Turing envisioned their power and versatility...but also proved what computers could never do. In an extraordinary and ultimately tragic life that unfolded like a novel, Turing helped break the German Enigma code to turn the tide of World War II, later speculated on artificial intelligence, fell victim to the homophobic witchhunts of the early 1950s, and committed suicide at the age of 41. Yet Turing is most famous for an eerily prescient 1936 paper in which he invented an imaginary computing machine, explored its capabilities and intrinsic limitations, and established the foundations of modern-day programming and computability. This absorbing book expands Turings now legendary 36-page paper with extensive annotations, fascinating historical context, and page-turning glimpses into his private life. From his use of binary numbers to his exploration of concepts that todays programmers will recognize as RISC processing, subroutines, algorithms, and others, Turing foresaw the future and helped to mold it. In our post-Turing world, everything is a Turing Machine from the most sophisticated computers we can build, to the hardly algorithmic processes of the human mind, to the information-laden universe in which we live. Details ISBN0470229055 Author Charles Petzold Short Title ANNOT TURING Language English ISBN-10 0470229055 ISBN-13 9780470229057 Media Book Format Paperback DEWEY 511.352 Year 2008 Subtitle A Guided Tour Through Alan Turings Historic Paper on Computability and the Turing Machine Birth 1953 Residence New York, NY, US Edition 1st DOI 10.1604/9780470229057 UK Release Date 2008-06-13 NZ Release Date 2008-06-13 US Release Date 2008-06-13 Pages 384 Publisher John Wiley & Sons Inc Publication Date 2008-06-13 Imprint John Wiley & Sons Inc Place of Publication New York Country of Publication United States Audience Professional & Vocational AU Release Date 2008-05-29 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. 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