Turing (A Novel about Computation)
A Novel About Computation
$44.29
- Paperback
296 pages
- Release Date
11 February 2005
Summary
The world of computation according to Turing, an interactive tutoring program, as told to star-crossed lovers- a novel.Our hero is Turing, an interactive tutoring program and namesake (or virtual emanation?) of Alan Turing, World War II code breaker and father of computer science. In this unusual novel, Turing’s idiosyncratic version of intellectual history from a computational point of view unfolds in tandem with the story of a love affair involving Ethel, a successful computer executive, Al…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780262661911 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0262661918 |
| Author: | Christos H. Papadimitriou |
| Publisher: | MIT Press Ltd |
| Imprint: | MIT Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 296 |
| Release Date: | 11 February 2005 |
| Weight: | 318g |
| Dimensions: | 203mm x 137mm x 19mm |
| Series: | The MIT Press |
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“What’s most delightful about Turing is the charmed glow thatPapadimitriou’s prose sheds all around.” George Scialabba Boston SundayGlobe
“This novel is a fun read, but not a mere entertainment. It has profundity as a side effect.” - Stuart M. Shieber, American Scientist”
About The Author
Christos H. Papadimitriou
Christos H. Papadimitriou is C. Lester Hogan Professor of Computer Science at the University of California, Berkeley and a member of the National Academy of Engineering and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. He is the author of many books on computational theory.
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