{"product_id":"the-annotated-turing-a-guided-tour-through-alan-turings-historic-paper-on-computability-and-the-turing-machine-paperback-softback-9780470229057","title":"The Annotated Turing; A Guided Tour Through Alan Turing's Historic Paper on Computability and the Turing Machine (Paperback \/ softback) 9780470229057","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Annotated Turing\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eA Guided Tour Through Alan Turing's Historic Paper on Computability and the Turing Machine\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eCharles Petzold (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780470229057, Wiley\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 13 June 2008\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e384 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.6 x 15.2 x 2 cm, 0.544 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eProgramming Legend Charles Petzold unlocks the secrets of the extraordinary and prescient 1936 paper by Alan M. Turing\u003c\/b\u003e  \u003cp\u003eMathematician Alan Turing invented an imaginary computer known as the Turing Machine; in an age before computers, he explored the concept of what it meant to be \u003ci\u003ecomputable\u003c\/i\u003e, creating the field of computability theory in the process, a foundation of present-day computer programming.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe book expands Turing’s original 36-page paper with additional background chapters and extensive annotations; the author elaborates on and clarifies many of Turing’s statements, making the original difficult-to-read document accessible to present day programmers, computer science majors, math geeks, and others.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eInterwoven into the narrative are the highlights of Turing’s own life: his years at Cambridge and Princeton, his secret work in cryptanalysis during World War II, his involvement in seminal computer projects, his speculations about artificial intelligence, his arrest and prosecution for the crime of \"gross indecency,\" and his early death by apparent suicide at the age of 41.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction vii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eI Foundations 1\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 This Tomb Holds Diophantus 3\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 The Irrational and the Transcendental 13\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Centuries of Progress 35\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eII Computable Numbers 55\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 The Education of Alan Turing 57\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 Machines at Work 79\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 Addition and Multiplication 97\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 Also Known as Subroutines 111\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 Everything Is a Number 127\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 The Universal Machine 143\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10 Computers and Computability 163\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11 Of Machines and Men 189\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIII Das Entscheidungsproblem 199\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12 Logic and Computability 201\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13 Computable Functions 231\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14 The Major Proof 259\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15 The Lambda Calculus 281\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e16 Conceiving the Continuum 299\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIV And Beyond 323\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e17 Is Everything a Turing Machine? 325\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e18 The Long Sleep of Diophantus 351\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSelected Bibliography 361\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 366\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Computer science [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Computer science\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Computer%20science%20%5BUY%5D%22\"\u003eUY\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Wiley","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52453503893784,"sku":"9780470229057","price":15.89,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9780470229057.jpg?v=1785285344","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-annotated-turing-a-guided-tour-through-alan-turings-historic-paper-on-computability-and-the-turing-machine-paperback-softback-9780470229057","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}