The man who knew too much : Alan Turing and the invention of the computer / David Leavitt.
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TextSeries: Great discoveriesPublication details: New York : W. W. Norton, c2006.Edition: 1st edDescription: 319 p. : ill. ; 22 cmISBN: - 0393052362 (hardcover)
- 510.92 LEA
| Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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| Standard Loan | LSAD Library Main Collection | 510.92 LEA (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 39002100315960 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Outlines the English mathematician's efforts in devising a programmable calculating machine, his work in cracking the Nazi Enigma code, and how the revelation of his homosexuality led to his tragic imprisonment and suicide.
Atlas books.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The man in the white suit -- Watching the daisies grow -- The universal machine -- God is slick -- The tender peel -- The electronic athlete -- The imitation game -- Pryce\'s buoy.
Author notes provided by Syndetics
David Leavitt's first collection of stories, "Family Dancing," was a finalist for both the National Book Critics Circle Award & the PEN/Faulkner Prize. "The Lost Language of Cranes" was made into a BBC film, & "While England Sleeps" was shortlisted for the Los Angeles Times Fiction Prize. Leavitt is also the author of "Equal Affections," "A Place I've Never Been," "Arkansas," & "The Page Turner." With Mark Mitchell, he coedited "The Penguin Book of Short Stories" & "The Pages Passed from Hand to Hand" & cowrote "Italian Pleasures." He is recipient of fellowships from the John Simon Guggenheim Foundation & the National Endowment for the Arts.He divides his time between Italy and Florida.
(Bowker Author Biography)