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The fact remains that everyone who taps at a keyboard, opening a spreadsheet or a word-processing program, is working on an incarnation of a Turing machine.-TIME

In this accessible new selection of writings by Information Age pioneer Alan Turing, readers will find many of the most significant contributions from the four-volume set of the Collected Works of A. M. Turing. These contributions, together with commentaries from current experts in a wide spectrum of fields and backgrounds, provide insight on the significance and contemporary impact of A.M. Turings work.

Offering a more modern perspective than anything currently available, Alan Turing: His Work and Impact gives wide coverage of the many ways in which Turings scientific endeavors have impacted current research and understanding of the world. His pivotal writings on subjects including computing, artificial intelligence, cryptography, morphogenesis, and more display continued relevance and insight into todays scientific and technological landscape. This collection provides a great service to researchers, but is also an approachable entry point for readers with limited training in the science, but an urge to learn more about the details of Turings work.

  • Affordable, key collection of the most significant papers by A.M. Turing.
  • Commentary explaining the significance of each seminal paper by preeminent leaders in the field.
  • Additional resources available online.

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Alan Turing: his work and impact

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S. Barry Cooper

University of Leeds, UK

Jan Van Leeuwen

Utrecht University, The Netherlands

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Matthew Oldfield Photography, Turing Statue at Bletchley Park, National Codes Centre. Created by Stephen Kettle and commissioned by the Sidney E Frank Foundation.

List of Contributors

Alastair Abbott , Department of Computer Science, The University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand

Samson Abramsky , Department of Computer Science, Oxford University, Oxford, UK

Henk Barendregt , Institute for Computing and Information Sciences, Faculty of Science, Radboud University, Nijmegen, The Netherlands

Craig Bauer , Department of Physical Sciences, York College of Pennsylvania, York, PA, USA

Anthony Beavers , Philosophy & Cognitive Science, The University of Evansville, Evansville, IN, USA

Vernica Becher , Departamento de Computacin, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad de Buenos Aires and CONICET, Ciudad Universitaria, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Nelson H. F. Beebe , Department of Mathematics, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA

Henri Berestycki , University of Chicago, and L cole des hautes tudes en sciences sociales (EHESS), Paris, France

Meurig Beynon , Department of Computer Science, University of Warwick, Coventry, UK

Mark Bishop , Department of Computing, Goldsmiths, University of London, New Cross, London, UK

Lenore Blum , School of Computer Science, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA, USA

Rodney Brooks , Emeritus Professor of Robotics, Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, MIT, Cambridge, USA

Cristian Calude , Department of Computer Science, The University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand

Gregory Chaitin , Professor of Mathematics, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), Rio de Janeiro, Argentina

Jack Copeland , School of Social and Political Sciences, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand

Martin Davis , Department of Mathematics, University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA

Daniel Dennett , Center for Cognitive Studies, Tufts University, Medford, MA, USA

Artur Ekert , Mathematical Institute, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK and Centre for Quantum Technologies, National University of Singapore, Singapore

Solomon Feferman , Department of Mathematics, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA

Luciano Floridi , School of Humanities, University of Hertfordshire, Hertfordshire, and Department of Computer Science, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK

Juliet Floyd , Philosophy Department, Boston University, Boston, MA, USA

Lance Fortnow , School of Computer Science, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, USA

Einar Fredriksson , IOS Press, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Nicholas Gessler , Information Science & Information Studies, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA

Rainer Glaschick , Paderborn, Germany

David Harel , Department of Computer Science and Applied Mathematics, The Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel

John Harper , Retired, Honorary Fellow of the British Computer Society

Dennis Hejhal , School of Mathematics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA

Andrew Hodges , Wadham College, Oxford University, Oxford, UK

Douglas Hofstadter , College of Arts and Sciences, Center for Research on Concepts and Cognition, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, USA

Toby Howard , School of Computer Science, The University of Manchester, Manchester, UK

Cliff Jones , School of Computing Science, Newcastle University, Newcastle, UK

Richard Jozsa , DAMTP, Centre for Mathematical Sciences, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK

Jan van Leeuwen , Department of Information and Computing Sciences, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands

David Levy , Intelligent Toys Ltd, London, UK

Philip Maini , Centre for Mathematical Biology, Mathematical Institute, Oxford University, Oxford, UK

Giulio Manzonetto , LIPN - Institut Galile, Universit Paris-Nord, Villetaneuse, France

Hans Meinhardt , Max-Planck-Institut fr Entwicklungsbiologie, Tbingen, Germany

Peter Millican , Faculty of Philosophy, Oxford University, Oxford, UK

James D. Murray , Professor Emeritus, Mathematical Institute, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK

Andrew Odlyzko , School of Mathematics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA

Christos Papadimitriou , EECS Department, University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA

Rinus Plasmeijer , Institute for Computing and Information Sciences, Faculty of Science, Radboud University, Nijmegen, The Netherlands

Antonino Raffone , Department of Psychology, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy

Michael Rathjen , School of Mathematics, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK

Bernard Richards , Emeritus Professor of Medical Informatics, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK

Anthony Edgar Tony Sale, FBCS (30 January 193128 August 2011) , Founder member Bletchley Park Trust, leader Colossus rebuild project

Peter T. Saunders , Department of Mathematics, Kings College, Strand, London, UK

Klaus Schmeh , Gelsenkirchen, Germany

Huma Shah , School of Systems Engineering, University of Reading, Reading, UK

Wilfried Sieg , Department of Philosophy, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA, USA

Aaron Sloman , School of Computer Science, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK

Alan Slomson , School of Mathematics, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK

Paul Smolensky , Department of Cognitive Science, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA

Robert I. Soare , Department of Mathematics, The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA

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