| Alan Turing: Life and Legacy of a Great Thinker Softcover Repri Edition Contributor(s): Teuscher, Christof (Editor), Hofstadter, D. (Foreword by) |
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ISBN: 3642057446 ISBN-13: 9783642057441 Publisher: Springer OUR PRICE: $189.99 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: November 2010 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Science & Technology - Computers | Computer Science - Computers | Intelligence (ai) & Semantics |
| Dewey: B |
| Physical Information: 1.16" H x 9.21" W x 6.14" (1.74 lbs) 542 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Written by a distinguished cast of contributors, Alan Turing: Life and Legacy of a Great Thinker is the definitive collection of essays in commemoration of the 90th birthday of Alan Turing. This fascinating text covers the rich facets of his life, thoughts, and legacy, but also sheds some light on the future of computing science with a chapter contributed by visionary Ray Kurzweil, winner of the 1999 National Medal of Technology. Further, important contributions come from the philosopher Daniel Dennett, the Turing biographer Andrew Hodges, and from the distinguished logician Martin Davis, who provides a first critical essay on an emerging and controversial field termed "hypercomputation".
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