The Man Who Knew Too Much
by David Leavitt
A short Turing biography with emphasis on his mathematics and his sexuality. Accessible entry before Hodges.
Read it if…
you want Turing in two hundred pages.
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Skip it if…
you want full detail; see Hodges.
Try instead: The Imitation Game: Alan Turing Decoded →
Three things you will actually use
- Universal machine, universal mind.
- Persecution was policy.
- Remember him.
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Read the chapter on the Turing machine.
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Leavitt's Turing.
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