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The Annotated Turing
Charles Petzold
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Description for The Annotated Turing
Paperback. Before digital computers ever existed, Alan Turing envisioned their power and versatility. but also proved what computers could never do. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: UY. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 150 x 23. Weight in Grams: 462.
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 Turing's original 36-page paper with additional background chapters and extensive annotations; the author elaborates on and clarifies many of Turing's statements, making the original difficult-to-read document accessible to present day programmers, computer science majors, math geeks, ... Read more
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 Turing's original 36-page paper with additional background chapters and extensive annotations; the author elaborates on and clarifies many of Turing's statements, making the original difficult-to-read document accessible to present day programmers, computer science majors, math geeks, ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
384
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
Weight
458g
Number of Pages
384
Place of Publication
Chichester, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780470229057
SKU
V9780470229057
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About 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. ... Read more
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