· "If [The Imitation Game] does nothing else but send you, as it did me, to Alan Hodges's Alan Turing: The Enigma (, newly prefaced in the Princeton University Press edition) it more than justifies its existence. A great read, Hodges's intellectual biography depicts Turing as a brilliant mathematician; a crucial pioneering figure in the theorization and engineering of digital computing; Released on: Novem. Turing's rehabilitation from over a quarter-century's embarrassed silence was largely the result of Andrew Hodges's superb biography, Alan Turing: The enigma (; reissued with a new introduction in ). Hodges examined available primary sources and interviewed surviving witnesses to elucidate Turing's multiple dimensions. figure in history. Thanks to in-depth biographies like Andrew Hodges' Alan Turing: The Enigma, and film depictions of Turing's life, like The Imitation Game, based on Hodges' book, Alan Turing is quickly becoming a household name, as people begin to recognize that his.
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by Graham Lea. Alan Turing: The Enigma: The Book That Inspired the Film “The Imitation Game”. by Andrew Hodges. My rating: 3 of 5 stars. If I had to describe this book in one word, it would be: “indulgent”. The author has obviously spent a lot of time researching many facets of Alan Turing’s life and work. (It seems he even interviewed many people who knew him.). Turing's rehabilitation from over a quarter-century's embarrassed silence was largely the result of Andrew Hodges's superb biography, Alan Turing: The enigma (; reissued with a new introduction in ). Hodges examined available primary sources and interviewed surviving witnesses to elucidate Turing's multiple dimensions. The Enigma. The enigma was one of the biggest contributions to the end of world war 2, and one man made it happen. Alan Turing: The Enigma written by Andrew Hodges was one of the most fascinating books. One element of the book that was successful was how the author used reality.
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