Description: Alan Turing : Life and Legacy of a Great Thinker, Hardcover by Teuscher, Christof (EDT); Hofstadter, Douglas (FRW), ISBN 3540200207, ISBN-13 9783540200208, Like New Used, Free shipping in the US 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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Number of Pages: Xxviii, 542 Pages
Publication Name: Alan Turing : Life and Legacy of a Great Thinker
Language: English
Publisher: Springer Berlin / Heidelberg
Subject: Computer Science, General, Databases / General, Science & Technology
Publication Year: 2003
Item Weight: 39.5 Oz
Type: Textbook
Item Length: 9.3 in
Author: Christof Teuscher
Subject Area: Computers, Biography & Autobiography
Item Width: 6.1 in
Format: Hardcover
