Turing and the Universal Machine (Icon Science): The Making of the Modern Computer
Author:   Jon Agar
Publisher:   Icon Books
Edition:   2nd edition
ISBN:  

9781785782381


Pages:   160
Publication Date:   07 September 2017
Format:   Paperback
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Turing and the Universal Machine (Icon Science): The Making of the Modern Computer


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The history of the computer is entwined with that of the modern world and most famously with the life of one man, Alan Turing. How did this device, which first appeared a mere 50 years ago, come to structure and dominate our lives so totally? An enlightening mini-biography of a brilliant but troubled man.

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Author:   Jon Agar
Publisher:   Icon Books
Imprint:   Icon Books
Edition:   2nd edition
Dimensions:   Width: 12.90cm , Height: 1.00cm , Length: 19.80cm
Weight:   0.139kg
ISBN:  

9781785782381


ISBN 10:   178578238
Pages:   160
Publication Date:   07 September 2017
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Out of stock   Availability explained
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Jon Agar is Professor of Science and Technology Studies at University College London, where he teaches history of science and technology. He is also the author of Science in the Twentieth Century and Beyond (Polity, 2012) and Constant Touch: a Global History of the Mobile Phone (Icon, second edition 2012).

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