Turing’s Revolution
Title | Turing’s Revolution PDF eBook |
Author | Giovanni Sommaruga |
Publisher | Birkhäuser |
Pages | 329 |
Release | 2016-01-21 |
Genre | Mathematics |
ISBN | 3319221566 |
This book provides an overview of the confluence of ideas in Turing’s era and work and examines the impact of his work on mathematical logic and theoretical computer science. It combines contributions by well-known scientists on the history and philosophy of computability theory as well as on generalised Turing computability. By looking at the roots and at the philosophical and technical influence of Turing’s work, it is possible to gather new perspectives and new research topics which might be considered as a continuation of Turing’s working ideas well into the 21st century.
Turing's Vision
Title | Turing's Vision PDF eBook |
Author | Chris Bernhardt |
Publisher | MIT Press |
Pages | 209 |
Release | 2016-05-13 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | 0262034549 |
In 1936, when he was just twenty-four years old, Alan Turing wrote a remarkable paper in which he outlined the theory of computation, laying out the ideas that underlie all modern computers. This groundbreaking and powerful theory now forms the basis of computer science. In Turing's Vision, Chris Bernhardt explains the theory, Turing's most important contribution, for the general reader. Bernhardt argues that the strength of Turing's theory is its simplicity, and that, explained in a straightforward manner, it is eminently understandable by the nonspecialist. As Marvin Minsky writes, "The sheer simplicity of the theory's foundation and extraordinary short path from this foundation to its logical and surprising conclusions give the theory a mathematical beauty that alone guarantees it a permanent place in computer theory." Bernhardt begins with the foundation and systematically builds to the surprising conclusions. He also views Turing's theory in the context of mathematical history, other views of computation (including those of Alonzo Church), Turing's later work, and the birth of the modern computer. In the paper, "On Computable Numbers, with an Application to the Entscheidungsproblem," Turing thinks carefully about how humans perform computation, breaking it down into a sequence of steps, and then constructs theoretical machines capable of performing each step. Turing wanted to show that there were problems that were beyond any computer's ability to solve; in particular, he wanted to find a decision problem that he could prove was undecidable. To explain Turing's ideas, Bernhardt examines three well-known decision problems to explore the concept of undecidability; investigates theoretical computing machines, including Turing machines; explains universal machines; and proves that certain problems are undecidable, including Turing's problem concerning computable numbers.
Turing's Cathedral
Title | Turing's Cathedral PDF eBook |
Author | George Dyson |
Publisher | Pantheon |
Pages | 466 |
Release | 2012 |
Genre | Science |
ISBN | 0375422773 |
Documents the innovations of a group of eccentric geniuses who developed computer code in the mid-20th century as part of mathematician Alan Turin's theoretical universal machine idea, exploring how their ideas led to such developments as digital television, modern genetics and the hydrogen bomb.
Turing and the Universal Machine (Icon Science)
Title | Turing and the Universal Machine (Icon Science) PDF eBook |
Author | Jon Agar |
Publisher | Icon Books |
Pages | 134 |
Release | 2017-09-07 |
Genre | Science |
ISBN | 1785782533 |
The history of the computer is entwined with that of the modern world and most famously with the life of one man, Alan Turing. How did this device, which first appeared a mere 50 years ago, come to structure and dominate our lives so totally? An enlightening mini-biography of a brilliant but troubled man.
Turing's Revolution
Title | Turing's Revolution PDF eBook |
Author | Giovanni Sommaruga |
Publisher | |
Pages | |
Release | 2015 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 9783319221571 |
This book provides an overview of the confluence of ideas in Turing's era and work and examines the impact of his work on mathematical logic and theoretical computer science. It combines contributions by well-known scientists on the history and philosophy of computability theory as well as on generalised Turing computability. By looking at the roots and at the philosophical and technical influence of Turing's work, it is possible to gather new perspectives and new research topics which might be considered as a continuation of Turing's working ideas well into the 21st century.
Philosophical Explorations of the Legacy of Alan Turing
Title | Philosophical Explorations of the Legacy of Alan Turing PDF eBook |
Author | Juliet Floyd |
Publisher | Springer |
Pages | 369 |
Release | 2017-05-30 |
Genre | Science |
ISBN | 3319532804 |
Chapters “Turing and Free Will: A New Take on an Old Debate” and “Turing and the History of Computer Music” are available open access under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License via link.springer.com.
The Turing Guide
Title | The Turing Guide PDF eBook |
Author | B. Jack Copeland |
Publisher | Oxford University Press |
Pages | 563 |
Release | 2017 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | 0198747829 |
Alan Turing has long proved a subject of fascination, but following the centenary of his birth in 2012, the code-breaker, computer pioneer, mathematician (and much more) has become even more celebrated with much media coverage, and several meetings, conferences and books raising public awareness of Turing's life and work. This volume will bring together contributions from some of the leading experts on Alan Turing to create a comprehensive guide to Turing that will serve as a useful resource for researchers in the area as well as the increasingly interested general reader. The book will cover aspects of Turing's life and the wide range of his intellectual activities, including mathematics, code-breaking, computer science, logic, artificial intelligence and mathematical biology, as well as his subsequent influence.