Taken on by british intelligence in 1938, as a shy young cambridge don, he combined brilliant logic with a flair for engineering. He was also involved in the gay liberation movement during this time. Its subject, the british mathematical genius who contributed to the cryptanalysis of the nazi enigma code and to the beginnings of the computer, was not an easy subject. The enigma, is the indispensable guide to turings life and work and one of the finest biographies of a scientific genius ever written. Perhaps the other problem is that ive seen the movie and this felt so thin compared to that. The new paperback edition of the 1983 book that inspired the film, with an updated introduction by oxford mathematics professor andrew hodges, is an. The enigma andrew hodges is tutor in mathematics at wadham. Since the early 1970s, hodges has worked on twistor theory, which is the approach to the problems of fundamental physics pioneered by roger penrose. The enigma the book that inspired the film the imitation game updated edition by andrew hodges available from. A new york times bestsellerthe official book behind the academy awardwinning film the imitation game, starring benedict cumberbatch and keira.
The official book behind the academy awardwinning film the imitation game, starring benedict cumberbatch and keira knightley alan turing was the mathematician whose ciphercracking transformed the second world war. Andrew hodges turing biography and were discussing it a party, where the. The book that inspired the film, the imitation game updated ed. The enigma by andrew hodges, 9780099116417, download free ebooks, download free pdf epub ebook. A new york times bestsellerthe official book behind the academy award winning film the imitation game, starring benedict cumberbatch and keira. The book that inspired the film the imitation game updated edition paperback november 10, 2014. Directed by morten tyldum with a screenplay by graham moore, the film stars. Imitation game updated ed, andrew hodges, douglas r. The enigma ebook del autor andrew hodges isbn 9781400865123 en pdf o epub completo al mejor precio, leer online gratis. The imitation game 2014 is a historical drama movie directed by morten tyldum based on the book alan turing. The enigma by andrew hodges, the imitation game tells the true story of cryptanalyst. Hodgess rich and engrossing portrait is not the first book about turing. Amnesty international, comic relief, and womens aid. He was a homosexual at a time when homosexual acts were considered a crime.
It is only a slight exaggeration to say that the british mathematician alan turing 19121954 saved the allies from the nazis, invented the computer and artificial intelligence, and anticipated gay liberation by decadesall before his suicide at age fortyone. Jim holt, new yorker andrew hodges 1983 book alan turing. Thanks to the movie the imitation game, alan turing has emerged from historys shadows, where his memory had languished for decades. The imitation game follows one of the greatest minds, alan turing, who encrypted enigma and was the. The imitation game adapted by jane rollason by jane rollason. The one the movie is based on is quite a bit longer over 600 pages. Scott, new york times one of the finest scientific biographies ever written.
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