Brian Jack Copeland è Professore di Filosofia presso l'Università di Canterbury, Nuova Zelanda, e autore di libri sul pioniere dell'informatica Alan Turing. Il suo lavoro approfondisce le profonde questioni che circondano l'opera di Turing e il suo impatto sulla nostra comprensione della mente, dell'intelligenza e della natura stessa del calcolo. Copeland porta chiarezza e intuizione in questi argomenti complessi, rendendo il pensiero di Turing accessibile a un pubblico più ampio. I suoi libri offrono riflessioni avvincenti sulle idee che continuano a plasmare il nostro mondo tecnologico.
Shrouded in secrecy until recently, Colossus was the world's first fully- functioning electronic computer, built during the Second World War and used at Bletchley Park to crack the codes of high-level Nazi communications. This collection of essays delves into code-breaking, personal recollections, and declassified information.
Lectures, scientific papers, top secret wartime material, correspondence, and broadcasts are introduced and set in context by Jack Copeland, Director of the Turing Archive for the History of Computing."--Jacket.
B. Jack Copeland celebrates the life and work of one of the greatest scientists of the 20th century. Best known for the role he played in cracking German secret code Enigma during World War Two, and the personal tragedy of his death aged only 41, this is an insight into to the man, his work, and his legacy.
In the centenary of Alan Turing's birth, we celebrate the life and work of one of the greatest scientists of the 20th century. Best known for the role he played in cracking German secret code Enigma during World War Two, and the personal tragedy of his death aged only 41, this is an insight into to the man, his work, and his legacy.