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" Alan Turing : "
edited by S. Barry Cooper and Jan van Leeuwen
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BL
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622286
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| Title & Author
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Alan Turing : : his work and impact /\ edited by S. Barry Cooper and Jan van Leeuwen
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| Publication Statement
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Waltham, MA :: Elsevier,, ©2013
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xxi, 914 pages :: illustrations ;; 29 cm
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9780123869807
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: 0123869803
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"A bibliography of publications of Alan Mathison Turing."-Page 877
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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| Contents
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How do we compute? What can we prove? -- Hiding and unhiding information: cryptology, complexity and number theory -- Building a brain: intelligent machines, practice and theory -- The mathematics of emergence: the mysteries of morphogenesis
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| Abstract
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This new and exciting book, published in celebration of the centenary of Alan Turing's birth in London, includes a large number of the most significant contributions from the 4-volume set of the Collected Works of A.M. Turing. These contributions, together with a wide spectrum of accompanying commentaries from current world-leading experts in many different fields and backgrounds, provide insight on the significance and contemporary impact of A.M. Turing's work
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Turing, Alan,1912-1954
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Mathematicians-- Great Britain, Biography
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Computer science-- Mathematics
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Enigma cipher system
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Logic, Symbolic and mathematical
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| Dewey Classification
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510.92B
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QA29.T8C65 2013
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Cooper, S. B., (S. Barry)
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Leeuwen, J. van, (Jan)
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