Turing and the Universal Machine : The Making of the Modern Computer Export

@book{citeulike:748222, abstract = {{Alan Turning is widely known as the cryptographer extraordinaire of Bletchly Park, the man who broke the Nazi Enigma code. He has also been described as the father of the modern computer, dreaming of a machine that could think adn inaugurating a scientific revolution that we are deep in the midst of today. His work entailed too a challenge to the science of ourselves, exploring the limits between the human and technological.}}, author = {Agar, Jon}, citeulike-article-id = {748222}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://www.amazon.ca/exec/obidos/redirect?tag=citeulike09-20&path=ASIN/1840462507}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://www.amazon.de/exec/obidos/redirect?tag=citeulike01-21&path=ASIN/1840462507}, citeulike-linkout-2 = {http://www.amazon.fr/exec/obidos/redirect?tag=citeulike06-21&path=ASIN/1840462507}, citeulike-linkout-3 = {http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/1840462507/citeulike00-21}, citeulike-linkout-4 = {http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/redirect?tag=citeulike07-20&path=ASIN/1840462507}, citeulike-linkout-5 = {http://www.worldcat.org/isbn/1840462507}, citeulike-linkout-6 = {http://books.google.com/books?vid=ISBN1840462507}, citeulike-linkout-7 = {http://www.amazon.com/gp/search?keywords=1840462507&index=books&linkCode=qs}, citeulike-linkout-8 = {http://www.librarything.com/isbn/1840462507}, comment = {A good book for the layperson. Agar puts the development of the computer in a socio-historical context and writes well about the insights at the heart of computation. The book is not a biography of Turing.}, howpublished = {Paperback}, isbn = {1840462507}, keywords = {computation, history, turing}, month = {June}, posted-at = {2006-07-09 06:00:46}, priority = {0}, publisher = {{Totem Books}}, title = {Turing and the Universal Machine : The Making of the Modern Computer}, url = {http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/redirect?tag=citeulike07-20&path=ASIN/1840462507}, year = {2001} }

TY - BOOK ID - citeulike:748222 L3 - citeulike-article-id:748222 N2 - {Alan Turning is widely known as the cryptographer extraordinaire of Bletchly Park, the man who broke the Nazi Enigma code. He has also been described as the father of the modern computer, dreaming of a machine that could think adn inaugurating a scientific revolution that we are deep in the midst of today. His work entailed too a challenge to the science of ourselves, exploring the limits between the human and technological.} SN - 1840462507 TI - Turing and the Universal Machine : The Making of the Modern Computer PB - {Totem Books} KW - computation KW - history KW - turing N1 - A good book for the layperson. Agar puts the development of the computer in a socio-historical context and writes well about the insights at the heart of computation. The book is not a biography of Turing. AU - Agar, Jon PY - 2001/06/01/ UR - http://www.amazon.ca/exec/obidos/redirect?tag=citeulike09-20&path=ASIN/1840462507 ER -