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Turing : Pioneer of the Information Age (Record no. 5255)

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020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 9780198719182
082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER
Classification number 510.92 TUR
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Personal name Copeland, Jack
9 (RLIN) 374886
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Title Turing : Pioneer of the Information Age
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC.
Place of publication, distribution, etc. United Kingdom;
Name of publisher, distributor, etc. Oxford University Press;
Date of publication, distribution, etc. 2014
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Extent 300 Pages;
Other physical details Paperback
520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC.
Summary, etc. Alan Turing is regarded as one of the greatest scientists of the 20th century. But who was Turing, and what did he achieve during his tragically short life of 41 years? Best known as the genius who broke Germany's most secret codes during the war of 1939-45, Turing was also the father of the modern computer. Today, all who 'click-to-open' are familiar with the impact of Turing's ideas. Here, B. Jack Copeland provides an account of Turing's life and work, exploring the key elements of his life-story in tandem with his leading ideas and contributions. The book highlights Turing's contributions to computing and to computer science, including Artificial Intelligence and Artificial Life, and the emphasis throughout is on the relevance of his work to modern developments. The story of his contributions to codebreaking during the Second World War is set in the context of his thinking about machines, as is the account of his work in the foundations of mathematics.
650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name entry element Computer Science
9 (RLIN) 374887
650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name entry element Science, Mathematics and Technology
9 (RLIN) 374888
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Topical term or geographic name entry element Biography
9 (RLIN) 374889
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    Dewey Decimal Classification     Karachi Karachi Biography 13/06/2016 3 6 510.92 TUR PKLC000437   01/02/2023 12/11/2022 13/06/2016 Book Adult and Young Adult 15-17
  Lost Dewey Decimal Classification     Lahore Lahore Biography 11/05/2016 7 13 510.92 TUR PKLC008853 15/01/2022 22/10/2020 22/10/2020 11/05/2016 Book Adult and Young Adult 15-17