Alan Turing: Life and Legacy of a Great Thinker
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| Rating | : | 4.89 (761 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 3540200207 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 542 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-12-05 |
| Language | : | English |
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Christof's second book - Alan Turing: Life and Legacy of a Great Thinker - will be published in 2003. He was head of the BioWall project that was widely covered by the media. Christof Teuscher's work has been honored with several awards. Christof Teuscher is the initiator and organizer of the Turing Day and an organizer and program chair of the 5th International Workshop on Information Processing in Cells in Tissues, IPCAT2003. He is also a
… This book is the definitive collection of commemorative essays, and the distinguished contributors have expertise in such diverse fields as artificial intelligence, natural computing, mathematics, physics, cryptography, cognitive studies, philosophy and anthropology. … It is beautifully written and contains a very nice survey of an area that deserves to be better known to mathematicians. Casti, nature, Issue 428, 2004). Coutinho, The Mathematical Gazette, Vol. I unreservedly recommend this book to anyone even slightly interested in the continuing role of Turing&rsqu
C. S. Webster said Man of many parts. This book celebrates the 90th anniversary of the birth of Alan Turing by bringing together a large set of essays on topics as diverse and colourful as the work and life of the man himself. Turing's fundamental contributions to computing kick started the modern computing era. However, he also made early and outstanding contributions to artificial intelligence, artificial neural networks, morphogenesis, cryptology and the philosophy of mind. The book touches on all these areas and includes contributions from luminaries such as Martin Davis, Daniel Dennett, Andrew Hodges,. "Turing died too soon" according to W Boudville. Teuscher has gathered together a set of thought provoking essays about Turing and the ideas he espoused. The diverse range of the essays is a good reflection of Turing's genius.The essay on making a self-replicating Turing machine reflects earlier speculations on what might more generally be considered a self-replicating Neumann machine.There is a palpable sense of loss in the book. Turing died at a relatively young age. What if he had lived decades longer? He could have seen the immense flowering of computing, in hardware and software. With his genius, what other insi
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. . 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. 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"