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The Man Who Knew Too Much – Alan Turing and the Invention of the Computer (Great Discoveries) - Hardcover
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.
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Stimulating . . . ambitious. "
With lyrical prose and great compassion, Leavitt has produced a simple book about a complex man involved in an almost unfathomable task that is accessible to any reader.
[Leavitt] conveys abstruse information in elegant narrative prose.
The story of the persecuted genius who helped create the modern computer.
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- PublisherW. W. Norton & Co.
- Publication date2006
- ISBN 10 0393052362
- ISBN 13 9780393052367
- BindingHardcover
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