- Source: Alan Turing: The Enigma
Alan Turing: The Enigma (1983) is a biography of the British mathematician, codebreaker, and early computer scientist, Alan Turing (1912–1954) by Andrew Hodges. The book covers Alan Turing's life and work. The 2014 film The Imitation Game is loosely based on the book, with dramatization.
Editions
The following editions of the book exist:
Hardback
UK: Burnett Books/Hutchinson (1983)
US: Simon & Schuster (1983)
Paperback
UK: Counterpoint (Alan Turing: The Enigma of Intelligence, without photographs)
US: Touchstone Books
UK: Vintage Books (1992–2012, including the 2012 centenary edition)
US: Walker Books (2000–2005)
US: Princeton University Press (2014)
New editions appeared in 2012, for the centenary of Turing's birth, and 2014, the year the film The Imitation Game was released.
Audio
Audible.co.uk (30-hour recording)
Reviews
The book has been widely reviewed by newspapers and magazines including The Guardian, The Independent, Los Angeles Times, Nature, New Statesman, New Yorker, The New York Times, Notices of the American Mathematical Society, Physics Today, Sunday Times, Time Out, Times Literary Supplement, The Wall Street Journal.
Influence
The book inspired the 2014 film The Imitation Game, directed by Morten Tyldum and starring Benedict Cumberbatch and Keira Knightley.
See also
The Annotated Turing (2008)
Prof: Alan Turing Decoded (2015)
The Turing Guide (2017)
References
External links
Alan Turing: The Enigma website
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