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Alan M. Turing (Centenary Edition) 艾伦·图灵传

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Asecretlife,Atragicdeath,Atoweringlegacy.有人这样形容他:“他英年早逝却成就颇丰,他的研究让他青史留名”。他就是阿兰?图灵,二十世纪的一位伟大人物。然而,在70年代之前,他的名字还不为人知,因为他在破译德国英格玛(enigma)密码机方面的贡献还没有被公开。图灵的故事令人着迷,而在他自杀之后,他的名气不降反升,因为人们更加深刻地认识到他对逻辑学、数学、计算、人工智能以及计算生物学所做出的贡献。为纪念图灵诞辰一百周年,特将图灵母亲所著的传记再版。数学家马丁?戴维斯为该版重新作序,另外此版还附上了首次公布的图灵哥哥的回忆录。但哥哥的回忆录和图灵母亲的传记之间的差别透露出了矛盾,也可以使读者从新的角度了解图灵本人,以及图灵和家人的关系。阿兰?图灵传奇的一生虽引人注意,但了解他生平详情的人并不多。他的母亲SaraTuring在儿子不幸去世后强忍着悲痛,写下了零星的传记材料,才使得后人认识这位“怪才”的成长历程。背景知识:阿兰图灵(AlanTurning)(1912年6月23日-1954年6月7日),这个名字这个名字无论是在计算机领域、数学领域、人工智能领域还是哲学、逻辑学等领域,都可谓“掷地有声”。图灵是计算机逻辑的奠基者,许多人工智能的重要方法也源自这位伟大的科学家。他在24岁时提出了图灵机理论,31岁参与了Colossus(二战时,英国破解德国通讯密码的计算机)的研制,33岁时构思了仿真系统,35岁提出自动程序设计概念,38岁设计了“图灵测试”,在后来还创造了一门新学科—非线性力学。虽然图灵去世时只有42岁,但在其短暂而离奇的生涯中的那些科技成就,已让后人享用不尽。人们仰望着这位伟大的英国科学家,把“计算机之父”、“人工智能之父”、“破译之父”等等头衔都加冕在了他身上,甚至认为,他在技术上的贡献及对未来世界的影响几乎可与牛顿、爱因斯坦等巨人比肩。学术评论:'Thebookisfullofbrillianttreasures,anecdotalaccountsofTuring'seccentricityandgenius,andinsightsintohisscience...Thislittlebook,withitskaleidoscopicpictureofAlanTuring'sshortlife,goessomewaytowardsde-codinghismind,andhisfamily.'----TheGuardian内容简介:'Inashortlifeheaccomplishedmuch,andtotherollofgreatnamesinthehistoryofhisparticularstudiesaddedhisown.'Soisdescribedoneofthegreatestfiguresofthetwentiethcentury,yetAlanTuring'snamewasnotwidelyrecogniseduntilhiscontributiontothebreakingoftheGermanEnigmacodebecamepublicinthe1970s.ThestoryofTuring'slifefascinatesandintheyearssincehissuicide,Turing'sreputationhasonlygrown,ashiscontributionstologic,mathematics,computing,artificialintelligenceandcomputationalbiologyhavebecomebetterappreciated.TocommemoratethecentenaryofTuring'sbirth,thisrepublicationofhismother'sbiographyisenrichedbyanewforewordbyMartinDavisandanever-before-publishedmemoirbyAlan'solderbrother.ThecontrastbetweenthismemoirandtheoriginalbiographyrevealstensionsandshedsnewlightonTuring'srelationshipwithhisfamily,andonthemanhimself.特色:?Never-before-publishedcontributionfromAlan'sbrother,JohnTuring?Uniquepersonalinsightsfromfamily,friends,teachersandcolleagues?ChartsTuring'slifefromearlychildhoodthroughtohisdeathin1954章节内容:ForewordtotheSecondEditionMartinDavis;ForewordtotheFirstEditionLynIrvine;Preface;PartI.MainlyBiographical:1.Familybackground;2.Childhoodandearlyboyhood;3.AtSherborneschool;4.AtCambridge;5.AttheGraduateCollege,Princeton;6.Somecharacteristics;7.Warworkintheforeignoffice;8.AttheNationalPhysicalLaboratory,Teddington;9.WorkwiththeManchesterAutomaticDigitalMachine;10.Morphogenesis;11.Relaxation;12.Lastdaysandsometributes;PartII.ContainingComputingMachineryandMorphogenesis:13.Computingmachinery;14.Chemicaltheoryofmorphogenesisconsidered;AfterwordJohnTuring;Bibliography;Index.ForewordtotheSecondEditionMartinDavis;ForewordtotheFirstEditionLynIrvine;Preface;PartI.MainlyBiographical:1.Familybackground;2.Childhoodandearlyboyhood;3.AtSherborneschool;4.AtCambridge;5.AttheGraduateCollege,Princeton;6.Somecharacteristics;7.Warworkintheforeignoffice;8.AttheNationalPhysicalLaboratory,Teddington;9.WorkwiththeManchesterAutomaticDigitalMachine;10.Morphogenesis;11.Relaxation;12.Lastdaysandsometributes;PartII.ContainingComputingMachineryandMorphogenesis:13.Computingmachinery;14.Chemicaltheoryofmorphogenesisconsidered;AfterwordJohnTuring;Bibliography;Index.学术水平:generalreaders读者群:historyofscience,computing,logic,cryptography,codebreaking,SecondWorldWar

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