The Annotated Turing
A Guided Tour Through Alan Turing's Historic Paper on Computability and the Turing Machine
(Sprache: Englisch)
Before digital computers ever existed, Alan Turing envisioned their power and versatility. but also proved what computers could never do.
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Before digital computers ever existed, Alan Turing envisioned their power and versatility. but also proved what computers could never do.
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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 Turing's 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 today's 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.
This book presents Turing's original 36-page paper and a follow-up 3-page correction with background chapters and extensive annotations. Mathematical papers like Turing's are often terse and cryptic. Petzold has elaborated on many of Turing's statements, clarified his discussions, and provided numerous examples.
Interwoven into the narrative are the highlights of Turing's own life: 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.
The book is divided into two main parts. Part I is about 200 pages in length and covers the first 60% of Turing's paper, encompassing the Turing Machine and computability topics. This part of the book is entirely self-contained and will be of primary interest to most readers.
Part II , contains and additional 100 pages and is a faster paced look at the remainder of Turing's paper, which involves the implications for mathematical logic.
Interwoven into the narrative are the highlights of Turing's own life: 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.
The book is divided into two main parts. Part I is about 200 pages in length and covers the first 60% of Turing's paper, encompassing the Turing Machine and computability topics. This part of the book is entirely self-contained and will be of primary interest to most readers.
Part II , contains and additional 100 pages and is a faster paced look at the remainder of Turing's paper, which involves the implications for mathematical logic.
Inhaltsverzeichnis zu „The Annotated Turing “
ForewordPreface
Acknowledgements
Author Biographies
Introduction
1. This Tomb Holds Diophantus
2. The Irrational and the Transcendental
3. Centuries of Progress
4. The Education of Alan Turing
5. Machines at Work
6. Addition and Multiplication
7. Also Known as Subroutines
8. Everything is a Number
9. The Universal Machine
10. Computers and Computability
11. Of Machines and Men
12. First-Order Logic
13. Computability Continued
14. The Major Proof
15. The Lambda Calculus
16. Conceiving the Continuum
17. Is Everything a Turing Machine?
18. Diaphantus Awakes
Appendix A
Appendix B
Index
Autoren-Porträt von Charles Petzold
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 www.charlespetzold.com.
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: Charles Petzold
- 2008, 1. Auflage., 300 Seiten, Maße: 15,1 x 22,8 cm, Kartoniert (TB), Englisch
- Verlag: Wiley & Sons
- ISBN-10: 0470229055
- ISBN-13: 9780470229057
- Erscheinungsdatum: 13.06.2008
Sprache:
Englisch
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