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A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
The official book behind the Academy Award-winning film The Imitation Game, starring Benedict Cumberbatch and Keira Knightley
It is only a slight exaggeration to say that the British mathematician Alan Turing (1912-1954) saved the Allies from the Nazis, invented the computer and artificial intelligence, and anticipated gay liberation by decades--all before his suicide at age forty-one. This New York Times-bestselling biography of the founder of computer science, with a new preface by the author that addresses Turing's royal pardon in 2013, is the definitive account of an extraordinary mind and life.
Capturing both the inner and outer drama of Turing's life, Andrew Hodges tells how Turing's revolutionary idea of 1936--the concept of a universal machine--laid the foundation for the modern computer and how Turing brought the idea to practical realization in 1945 with his electronic design. The book also tells how this work was directly related to Turing's leading role in breaking the German Enigma ciphers during World War II, a scientific triumph that was critical to Allied victory in the Atlantic. At the same time, this is the tragic account of a man who, despite his wartime service, was eventually arrested, stripped of his security clearance, and forced to undergo a humiliating treatment program--all for trying to live honestly in a society that defined homosexuality as a crime.
The inspiration for a major motion picture starring Benedict Cumberbatch and Keira Knightley, Alan Turing: The Enigma is a gripping story of mathematics, computers, cryptography, and homosexual persecution.
媒体推荐A "New York Times" Bestseller
One of "The Guardian"'s Best Popular Physical Science Books of 2014, chosen by GrrlScientist
A "New York Times" BestsellerOne of "The Guardian"'s Best Popular Physical Science Books of 2014, chosen by GrrlScientist
A "New York Times" BestsellerWinner of the 27th USC Libraries Scripter Award, University of Southern California LibrariesOne of "The Guardian"'s Best Popular Physical Science Books of 2014, chosen by GrrlScientist
A "New York Times" Bestseller
"The Imitation Game," Winner of the 2015 Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay
Winner of the 2015 (27th) USC Libraries Scripter Award, University of Southern California Libraries
One of "The Guardian"'s Best Popular Physical Science Books of 2014, chosen by GrrlScientist
A "New York Times" Bestseller
"The Imitation Game," Winner of the 2015 Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay
Winner of the 2015 (27th) USC Libraries Scripter Award, University of Southern California Libraries
One of "The Guardian"'s Best Popular Physical Science Books of 2014, chosen by GrrlScientist
A "New York Times" Bestseller
"The Imitation Game," Winner of the 2015 Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay
Winner of the 2015 (27th) USC Libraries Scripter Award, University of Southern California Libraries
One of "The Guardian"'s Best Popular Physical Science Books of 2014, chosen by GrrlScientist
"Scrupulous and enthralling."--A. O. Scott, "New York Times"
"Andrew Hodges' 1983 book "Alan Turing: The Enigma," is the indispensable guide to Turing's life and work and one of the finest biographies of a scientific genius ever written."--Michael Hiltzik, "Los Angeles Times"
"Andrew Hodges's magisterial "Alan Turing: The Enigma" . . . is still the definitive text."--Joshua Cohen, "Harper's"
A "New York Times" Bestseller"The Imitation Game," Winner of the 2015 Academy Award for Best Adapted ScreenplayWinner of the 2015 (27th) USC Libraries Scripter Award, University of Southern California LibrariesOne of "The Guardian" s Best Popular Physical Science Books of 2014, chosen by GrrlScientist"
A New York Times Bestseller
The Imitation Game, Winner of the 2015 Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay
Winner of the 2015 (27th) USC Libraries Scripter Award, University of Southern California Libraries
One of The Guardian's Best Popular Physical Science Books of 2014, chosen by GrrlScientist
"Scrupulous and enthralling."--A. O. Scott, New York Times
"One of the finest scientific biographies ever written."--Jim Holt, New Yorker
"Andrew Hodges' 1983 book Alan Turing: The Enigma, is the indispensable guide to Turing's life and work and one of the finest biographies of a scientific genius ever written."--Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times
"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 (1983; reissued with a new introduction in 2012). Hodges examined available primary sources and interviewed surviving witnesses to elucidate Turing's multiple dimensions. A mathematician, Hodges ably explained Turing's intellectual accomplishments with insight, and situated them within their wider historical contexts. He also empathetically explored the centrality of Turing's sexual identity to his thought and life in a persuasive rather than reductive way."--Michael Saler, Times Literary Supplement
"On the face of it, a richly detailed 500-page biography of a mathematical genius and analysis of his ideas, might seem a daunting proposition. But fellow mathematician and author Hodges has acutely clear and often extremely moving insight into the humanity behind the leaping genius that helped to crack the Germans' Enigma codes during World War II and bring about the dawn of the computer age. . . . This melancholy story is transfigured into something else: an exploration of the relationship between machines and the soul and a full-throated celebration of Turing's brilliance, unselfconscious quirkiness and bravery in a hostile age."--Sinclair McKay, Wall Street Journal
"A first-class contribution to history and an exemplary work of biography."--I. J. Good, Nature
"An almost perfect match of biographer and subject. . . . [A] great book."--Ray Monk, Guardian
"A superb biography. . . . Written by a mathematician, it describes in plain language Turing's work on the foundations of computer science and how he broke the Germans' Enigma code in the Second World War. The subtle depiction of class rivalries, personal relationships, and Turing's tragic end are worthy of a novel. But this was a real person. Hodges describes the man, and the science that fascinated him--which once saved, and still influences, our lives."--Margaret Boden, New Scientist
"Andrew Hodges's magisterial Alan Turing: The Enigma . . . is still the definitive text."--Joshua Cohen, Harper's
"Andrew Hodges's biography is a meticulously researched and written account detailing every aspect of Turing's life. . . . This account of Turing's life is a definitive scholarly work, rich in primary source documentation and small-grained historical detail."--Mathematics Teacher
"Tells a powerful story that combines professional success and personal tragedy."--Nancy Szokan, Washington Post
"[A] really excellent biography. . . . The great thing about this book is that the author is a mathematician and can explain the details of Turing's work--as a scientist, mathematician, and a code breaker--in a way that is easy to understand. He is also wonderful at the emotional nuance of Alan's life, who was a somewhat odd--a student was assigned to him in school to help him maintain a semblance of tidiness in his appearance, rooms and school work and at Bletchley Park he was known for chaining his tea mug to a pipe--but he was also charming and intelligent and Hodges brings all the aspects of his personality and life into sharp focus."--Off the Shelf
"This book is an incredibly detailed and meticulously researched biography of Alan Turing. Reading it is a melancholy experience, since you know from the outset that the ending is a tragic one and that knowledge overshadows you throughout. While the author divides the text into two parts, it actually reads like a play in four acts. . . . This book is Turing's memorial, and one that does justice to the subject."--Katherine Safford-Ramus, MAA Reviews
"The new paperback edition of the 1983 book that inspired the film, with an updated introduction by Oxford mathematics professor Andrew Hodges, is an exhilarating, compassionate and detailed biography of a complicated man."--Jane Ciabattari, BBC
"If [The Imitation Game] does nothing else but send you, as it did me, to Alan Hodges's Alan Turing: The Enigma (1983, newly prefaced in the 2014 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; and the biggest brain in Bletchley Park's Hut #8."--Amy Taubin, Artforum
"It is indeed the ultimate biography of Alan Turing. It will bring you as close as possible to his enigmatic personality."--Adhemar Bultheel, European Mathematical Society
"A book whose time has finally come. I found it to be a page-turner in spite of the occasionally esoteric explanations of mathematical theories that reminded of why Brooklyn Technical High School was not the wisest choice for me."--Terrance, Paris Readers Circle
"Thanks to the movie The Imitation Game, Alan Turing has emerged from history's shadows, where his memory had languished for decades. For anyone whose interest in the pioneering computer scientist, mathematician, and logician was piqued by the film, the book that served as the film's source material, Andrew Hodges's exhaustive biography Alan Turing: The Enigma, has the answers."--Frank Caso, Simply Charly
A New York Times Bestseller
The Imitation Game, Winner of the 2015 Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay
Winner of the 2015 (27th) USC Libraries Scripter Award, University of Southern California Libraries
One of The Guardian's Best Popular Physical Science Books of 2014, chosen by GrrlScientist
Andrew Hodges teaches mathematics at the University of Oxford.
网友对Alan Turing: The Enigma的评论
我不知道有多少人真心買過進口書或者是看過進口書........你以為外國的書的用的紙跟我們一樣都是那麼重的嗎？！外國的書恰恰紙用的不是那些好紙，而且就算是厚厚的一本書以便於攜帶，這才是人性化的設計。反正我收到的書沒折痕，很不錯，雖然封皮有點髒，但是用布稍微擦拭一下便可。很不錯，因為經常看英文書，所以真心它的質量是合格的。關於對書中字太小的吐槽，我只能說你還沒碰過pocket book。那字更小。我那本picture of dorian gray就是這樣的..........其實很值得已買，這個價錢我覺得還是挺值的。
看来电影之后，就一直想买这本书，几经辗转终于找到了。 书应该是正品，内容一点儿也不让人失望，Alan Turing是值得让所有人仰望的人。
书脊和封面的交界处有道约三厘米长的口子，封面的切边感觉也不太整齐。
之前没买过英国出的书，不清楚这种切边是否正常，不过口子肯定不正常。
但是价格是57块，是三方卖家，我买完后很快就没货了。
个人猜测可能是因为破损，所以低价出了，因为其它家基本是90起。
反正买来也是看，也不是收藏，不影响阅读也懒得退换了。
我就是那个因为电影而买原著的。早就看中了盼着它降价，果然变成畅销商品后就降到八十大洋的价了。朋友被这本书的厚度折服...说说纸，这种很轻的纸真的很方便带着哟，歪果仁的书貌似除了那种儿童读物会用厚实的好纸其他的都是这种轻型纸哟。至于内容，咳咳，不能剧透。可惜，在晚自习的时候翻了会这本大部头，然后就被老师缴了。
不是第一次在亚马逊买英文书了。对比几次的购买，这本质量真心不好。
书很厚。难道是因为“便宜”质量不好？如果进口书质量这样也是醉了，版本也还很新的啊。
字不是一般小，比我当年大学英文教科书字都小。还没老花都想带老花镜了，因为看着眼睛花。每行直接排的满满，生怕能写一个字，这用心，也是醉了。
本来不想来评论的，但是忍不住想来吐槽一下哈。
我不知道是不是所有这个价的书都是这么个质量，但是建议大家不买这家的这本哈，在上海外文书店买的两本质量都不好。
我老婆说（书还没看 但书皮已经很打动人了 第一次有一本这样书皮的书 绵绵的滑滑的～ 咳要严肃 书很厚但纸质很不错 书很轻 嗯 还有书很古典有传统英伦风 好嘛 棒棒哒）
厚度值这个价钱，内容充实，第一本英文原版书。包装和装订不是很好，不过价钱在这里。
总的来说还是挺不错的一次购物体验吧！
很厚（700多页），不沉（纸轻），开本小（“口袋书”），除了图书馆和家庭环境，也适合地铁上看。
书有点小瑕疵，拿到书的时候前面几页角是折着的。不过这不影响，很喜欢这本书。
很满意，无论是书的质感，厚度，还是深度，都是值得一读的好书。
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