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100 1 $aAgar, Jon.
245 10 $aTuring and the universal machine :$bthe making of the modern computer /$cJon Agar.
260 $aU.S. :$bTotem ;$aCambridge :$bIcon,$c2001.
300 $aiv, 153 p. :$bill., ports. ;$c18 cm.
440 0 $aRevolutions in science
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 151-153).
520 $aAlan Turning is widely known as the cryptographer extraordinaire of Bletchly Park, the man who broke the Nazi Enigma code. He has also been described as the father of the modern computer, dreaming of a machine that could think adn inaugurating a scientific revolution that we are deep in the midst of today. His work entailed too a challenge to the science of ourselves, exploring the limits between the human and technological.
505 00 $g1.$tUniversal Machines --$g2.$tThe Blue Pig --$g3.$tProlific Piglets: Computers everywhere --$g4.$tA World Out of Control --$g5.$tBabbage: A 'Difference Engine' that made a difference? --$g6.$tThe Analytical Engine --$g7.$tAccidental Information --$g8.$tInformation on the Masses --$g9.$tThe Spur of War --$g10.$tZuse in Nazi Germany --$g11.$tAmerican Speed --$g12.$tTuring in Secret Britain --$g13.$tFoundations Shaken --$g14.$tMathematics: Truth or game? --$g15.$tCrisis Looms --$g16.$tTuring and the Decision Problems --$g17.$tGovernment Codes --$g18.$tThe Computer --$g19.$tMinding the Gap: Many universal machines --$g20.$tCold War Minds --$g21.$tMaterialisation.
600 10 $aTuring, Alan Mathison,$d1912-1954$xCareer in computing.
650 0 $aComputers$xHistory.
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650 17 $aComputers.$2gtt
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