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Author | Andrew Hodges |
---|---|
Country | United Kingdom |
Language | English |
Subject | Alan Turing (1912–1954) |
Genre | Biography |
Published | 1983 (Burnett Books/Hutchinson, UK & Simon & Schuster, USA) |
Media type | Print (hardcover, paperback, audio) |
Pages | 587 |
ISBN | 0-671-49207-1 |
OCLC | 11516745 |
510.92 | |
LC Class | QA29.T8H63 |
Dec 27, 2015 A team of scientists, mathematicians and cryptographers are credited with cracking the Enigma code. Alan Turing was the head of this historic team. He, along with his colleague Gordon Welchman, made his own version of the Bombe Machine (the Bombe Machine was originally invented by the Poles, but it was unable to effectively decipher the codes. Alan Turing: voiceover There were 159 million, million, million possible Enigma settings. All we had to do was try each one. All we had to do was try each one. But if we had ten men checking one setting a minute for 24 hours every day and seven days every week, how many days do you think it would take to check each of the settings?
Alan Turing: The Enigma (1983) is a biography of the British mathematician, codebreaker, and early computer scientist, Alan Turing (1912–1954) by Andrew Hodges. The book covers Alan Turing's life and work. The American 2014 film The Imitation Game is loosely based on the book, with dramatization.
Editions[edit]
The following editions of the book exist:[1]
- Hardback
- UK: Burnett Books/Hutchinson (1983)
- US: Simon & Schuster (1983)
- Paperback
- UK: Counterpoint (Alan Turing: The Enigma of Intelligence, without photographs)
- US: Touchstone Books
- UK: Vintage Books (1992–2012, including the 2012 centenary edition)
- US: Walker Books (2000–2005)
- US: Princeton University Press (2014)
New editions appeared in 2012, for the centenary of Turing's birth, and 2014, the year the film The Imitation Game was released.[2]
- Audio
- Audible.co.uk (30-hour recording)[3]
Reviews[edit]
The book has been widely reviewed by newspapers and magazines[1] including The Guardian, The Independent,[4]Los Angeles Times, Nature, New Statesman, New Yorker, New York Times, Notices of the American Mathematical Society, Sunday Times, Time Out, Times Literary Supplement, Wall Street Journal.[5]
Influence[edit]
The book inspired the 2014 film The Imitation Game, directed by Morten Tyldum and starring Benedict Cumberbatch and Keira Knightley.
See also[edit]
- The Annotated Turing (2008)
- The Turing Guide (2017)
References[edit]
- ^ ab'Alan Turing: The Enigma'. www.turing.org.uk. Retrieved 3 August 2017.
- ^'Alan Turing: The Enigma – The Book That Inspired the Film The Imitation Game – Andrew Hodges'. UK: Penguin. 13 November 2014. Archived from the original on 9 January 2017. Retrieved 4 August 2017.
- ^'Alan Turing: The Enigma'. Audible.co.uk. Audible Inc. Retrieved 3 August 2017.
- ^Hirst, Christopher (15 June 2012). 'Alan Turing: The Enigma, By Andrew Hodges'. The Independent.
- ^McKay, Sinclair (9 November 2012). 'On ciphers and codebreakers during World War II and after'. Wall Street Journal.
External links[edit]
Retrieved from 'https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Alan_Turing:_The_Enigma&oldid=931249509'
Author | Andrew Hodges |
---|---|
Country | United Kingdom |
Language | English |
Subject | Alan Turing (1912–1954) |
Genre | Biography |
Published | 1983 (Burnett Books/Hutchinson, UK & Simon & Schuster, USA) |
Media type | Print (hardcover, paperback, audio) |
Pages | 587 |
ISBN | 0-671-49207-1 |
OCLC | 11516745 |
510.92 | |
LC Class | QA29.T8H63 |
Alan Turing: The Enigma (1983) is a biography of the British mathematician, codebreaker, and early computer scientist, Alan Turing (1912–1954) by Andrew Hodges. The book covers Alan Turing's life and work. The American 2014 film The Imitation Game is loosely based on the book, with dramatization.
Editions[edit]
The following editions of the book exist:[1]
- Hardback
- UK: Burnett Books/Hutchinson (1983)
- US: Simon & Schuster (1983)
- Paperback
- UK: Counterpoint (Alan Turing: The Enigma of Intelligence, without photographs)
- US: Touchstone Books
- UK: Vintage Books (1992–2012, including the 2012 centenary edition)
- US: Walker Books (2000–2005)
- US: Princeton University Press (2014)
New editions appeared in 2012, for the centenary of Turing's birth, and 2014, the year the film The Imitation Game was released.[2]
- Audio
- Audible.co.uk (30-hour recording)[3]
Reviews[edit]
The book has been widely reviewed by newspapers and magazines[1] including The Guardian, The Independent,[4]Los Angeles Times, Nature, New Statesman, New Yorker, New York Times, Notices of the American Mathematical Society, Sunday Times, Time Out, Times Literary Supplement, Wall Street Journal.[5]
Influence[edit]
The book inspired the 2014 film The Imitation Game, directed by Morten Tyldum and starring Benedict Cumberbatch and Keira Knightley.
See also[edit]
- The Annotated Turing (2008)
- The Turing Guide (2017)
References[edit]
- ^ ab'Alan Turing: The Enigma'. www.turing.org.uk. Retrieved 3 August 2017.
- ^'Alan Turing: The Enigma – The Book That Inspired the Film The Imitation Game – Andrew Hodges'. UK: Penguin. 13 November 2014. Archived from the original on 9 January 2017. Retrieved 4 August 2017.
- ^'Alan Turing: The Enigma'. Audible.co.uk. Audible Inc. Retrieved 3 August 2017.
- ^Hirst, Christopher (15 June 2012). 'Alan Turing: The Enigma, By Andrew Hodges'. The Independent.
- ^McKay, Sinclair (9 November 2012). 'On ciphers and codebreakers during World War II and after'. Wall Street Journal.
External links[edit]
Retrieved from 'https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Alan_Turing:_The_Enigma&oldid=931249509'