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Published by Princeton University Press, Princeton, NJ, 2014
ISBN 10: 069116472XISBN 13: 9780691164724
Seller: Abacus Bookshop, Pittsford, NY, U.S.A.
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softcover. Condition: Fine copy. Illus. with photos (illustrator). 1st edition. 8vo, 736 pp., New preface by the author; foreword by Douglas Hofstadter.
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Published by Princeton University Press, Princeton, New Jersey, U. S. A., 2014
ISBN 10: 069116472XISBN 13: 9780691164724
Book First Edition
Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. First Thus. The Number Line Indicates A First Printing Of This Princeton University Press Mass Market Edition (First Thus). Includes Index And Chapter Notes. Black Pictorial Wraps. Minor Wear.
Published by Princeton University Press, Princeton, New Jersey, 2014
Seller: Vero Beach Books, Vero Beach, FL, U.S.A.
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Soft cover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Fine unread condition color photographic softcover wraps. Includes Preliminary Page entitled Alan Turing: The Enigma: The Book That Inspired The Film The Imitation Game; Praise for Alan Turing: The Enigma; List of Plates; Foreword by Douglas Hofstader; Preface; Postscript; AUthor's Note; Notes; Acknowledgments; and Index. Illustrated with a section of black-and-white photographic plates and black-and-white diagrams. First Edition thus: First edition, first printing by the Princeton University Press. "It is only a slight exaggeration to say that the British mathematician ALan Turing (1912-1954) saved the Allies from the Nizis and invented the computer and artificial intelligence -- all before his suicide at age forty-one. Andrew Hodges tells how Turing's revolutionary ideas laid the foundation for the modern comuter, and how he took a leading role in breaking the German Enigma ciphers during World War II, a scientific triumph that was critical to Allied victory in the Atlantic. This is also the tragic account of a man who, despite his wartime service, was arrested and force to undergo a humiliating treatment program -- all for trying to live hoestly in a society that defined homosexuality as a crime. The inspiration for a major motion picture starring Benedict Cumberbatch and Keira Knightley, this acclaimed biography is the definitive account of an extraordinary mind and life." -- from the rear outer cover. "One of the finest scientific biographies ever written." -- Jim Holt, New Yorker. "One of the finest scientific biographies I've ever read: authoritative, superbly researched, deeply sympathetic, and beautifully told." -- Sylvia Nasar, author of A Beautiful Mind.
Published by Simon & Schuster â ¢ Touchstone Book, New York, 1983
Seller: Bauer Rare Books, San Diego, CA, U.S.A.
First Edition
First Pbk. edition. 4to. 587 pp. Photographic illustrations. Softcover binding, very good condition. (101995).
Published by Simon & Schuster, New York, 1983
ISBN 10: 0671528092ISBN 13: 9780671528096
Seller: Ground Zero Books, Ltd., Silver Spring, MD, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Trade paperback. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No DJ issued. 1st Paperback Edition. First Printing. [12], 587, [1] pages. Wraps. Illustrations. Notes. Index. Cover and spine edges worn, some creasing and scratches to covers, ink name inside front flyleaf. Despite his leading role in breaking the secret German Enigma code during World War II, and his later role in the development of the modern computer, Alan Turing never attained the recognition he deserved in his lifetime. This eccentric genius was persecuted for his homosexuality. Andrew Philip Hodges (born 1949) is a British mathematician, author and emeritus senior research fellow at Wadham College, Oxford. Hodges was Doctor of Philosophy degree from the University of London in 1975. Hodges is best known as the author of Alan Turing: The Enigma, the story of the British computer pioneer and codebreaker Alan Turing. The book was critically acclaimed when it was published in 1983, with Donald Michie in New Scientist calling it "marvelous and faithful". In June 2002, it was chosen by Michael Holroyd for inclusion in a list of 50 'essential' books in The Guardian. Alan Turing: The Enigma formed the basis of Hugh Whitemore's 1986 stageplay Breaking the Code, which was adapted by for Television in 1996, with Derek Jacobi as Turing. The book was made into the 2014 film The Imitation Game starring Benedict Cumberbatch as Alan Turing. The script for The Imitation Game won Graham Moore an Oscar for Best Adapted Screenplay at the Academy Awards in 2015. He is an emeritus tutorial fellow in mathematics at Wadham College, Oxford. He was appointed Dean of Wadham College from start of the 2011/2012 academic year. Derived from a Kirkus review: The conflicted life of "an ordinary English homosexual atheist mathematician": Alan Turing (1912-1954), of cryptanalysis and computer fame. From his own mathematics and gay-rights background, Hedges reconstructs Turing's discoveries and his dilemma in a kind of dynamic tension--seeing Turing, with considerable subtlety, as an intellectual and sexual individualist. In describing Turing's mathematical coups at Cambridge in the 1930s, and his work on the Enigma machine at Bletchley Park, Hedges deals matter-of-factly with abstract concepts and technical detail. The pages are populated, not just for color, with the likes of von Neumann, Wittgenstein, and Michael Polanyi. But there is also an acute sense of the surrounding, changing world--and, cumulatively, some striking formulations. Turing publicly announces, in 1947, that no line separates the "unconscious automatic machine" and the "higher realms of the intellect." The personal story is feelingful and restrained. Turing's first, great love died at 19; his "gentle advances" were often rebuffed, without ill-feeling; he made no secret of his "tendencies," except to his family; he was once engaged (to a woman undaunted by those tendencies); by the 1950s, he was part of England's "network of flashing eyes." And in 1952, rashly reporting a burglary involving a young lover, he was charged with "gross indecency"; pleaded guilty--evincing no guilt; and accepted organo-hormone treatment in lieu of prison. In 1954, seemingly himself, he committed suicide. Sophisticated and nuanced.
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Publication Date: 2014
Seller: W. Lamm, Los Angeles, CA, U.S.A.
First Edition
Soft Cover. Condition: As New. First Edition; First Printing. Screenplay distributed to members of the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts & Sciences in consideration for nomination of the Best Adapted Screenplay. The film won the Oscar for Best Adapted Screenplay and was nominated for 7 more Oscars, Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Supporting Actress, Best Editing, Best Original Score, and Best Production Design. ; Tight, clean and crisp. The book appears unread and looks New. No inscriptions. No remainder mark. Not ex-library. As New. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 117 pages.
Published by Simon & Schuster, New York, (1983), 1983
ISBN 10: 0671492071ISBN 13: 9780671492076
Seller: Heartwood Books, A.B.A.A., Charlottesville, VA, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First American. A somewhat worn first American printing in a nearly complete but worn dust jacket with various small tears and scrapes. The book appears to have been opened too wide in several spots but the pages are not loose. The spine is wrinkled and creased. A decent working copy.
Published by Vintage Books, 2014
ISBN 10: 1784700088ISBN 13: 9781784700089
Seller: Sapphire Books, Peterborough, CAMBS, United Kingdom
Book First Edition
Soft cover. Condition: As New. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Published In 2014 : 1st. Paperback Edition : Vintage Books : Very Thick Format At 736 Pages : This Copy Is New : However , We've Downgraded It Because There Is A Light Bottom Corner Crease To The Back Cover : Otherwise , As New Throughout : Still Reasonably Crisp & Tight , With No Inscriptions : Good Solid Binding With Bright Clear Text & Photographs : Overall , A Very Nice Book :
Published by Bollati Boringhieri, Torino, 1991
Seller: Libreria Utopia Pratica, Torino, TO, Italy
First Edition
RIGIDA. Condition: ottimo. Prima edizione. Andrew Hodges Storia di un enigma Vita di Alan Turing 1912-1954 Bollati Boringhieri - Prima edizione 1991 Libro in ottime condizioni, minimi segni del tempo. Non esitate a contattarci per altre foto o richieste. Saremo lieti di soddisfare ogni vostra esigenza. Libro.
Published by Bollati Boringhieri, 1991
ISBN 10: 8833906396ISBN 13: 9788833906393
Seller: Libreria Equilibri Torino, Torino, TO, Italy
Book First Edition
Condition: Molto buono. Bollati Boringhieri (La cultura scientifica); 1991; 9788833906393; Rilegato con sovracoperta; 22 x 14 cm; pp. 762; Traduzione di D. Mezzacapa. Prima edizione. ; leggeri segni d'uso ai bordi della sovracopertina, interno ottimo; Molto buono (come da foto). ; La vita di Alan Turing è stata fino a oggi avvolta dal mistero, anche per chi sa tutto delle sue scoperte. Autore, nel 1936, del manifesto del nuovo ordine tecnologico (On Computable Numbers), il matematico inglese spiegò la natura e i limiti teorici delle macchine logiche prima che fosse costruito un solo computer. Ma Turing fu anche uno di coloro che durante la Seconda guerra mondiale avevano decifrato i codici della macchina crittografica tedesca, l'Enigma, ed era a conoscenza di importanti informazioni riguardanti la sicurezza nazionale. Quanto al fatto che si fosse tolta la vita tragicamente, Turing fu trovato sul letto, sereno, morto per avvelenamento da cianuro. Nessuno fece indagini, trattandosi di un caso molto evidente di suicidio chi poteva avere interesse a ucciderlo o a inscenare un falso suicidio? Era un matematico, non una spia. Lo scienziato però non lasciò messaggi, anzi, il giorno della sua morte aveva preso impegni per i giorni successivi e aveva già fatto progetti per le imminenti vacanze estive. Tra i suoi colleghi di Cambridge circolava la voce che fosse perseguitato; di certo lo era stato per la sua omosessualità, ma in modo - tutto sommato - abbastanza blando, e la versione ufficiale tuttora non convince Probabilmente - sostiene Hodges - Turing era diventato un rischio per la sicurezza dei servizi segreti inglesi e americani, con i suoi incontrollabili viaggi all'estero e i suoi contatti con giovani sconosciuti. L'autore di questa accurata biografia, oltre a mettere in luce l'itinerario scientifico dell'inventore del computer, si propone anche come spy story e fa emergere particolari sconosciuti che fanno pensare a quello di Turing come a un altro caso Oppenheimer: lo scienziato sacrificato sull'altare della sicurezza nazionale ; L immagine se disponibile, corrisponde alla copia in vendita. Italiano.
Published by Counterpoint (Unwins), London Boston Sydney., 1985
Seller: The Sanctuary Bookshop., Lyme Regis, United Kingdom
Book First Edition
Soft cover. Condition: As New. 1st Edition. 586 pages all original softbound 13 x 20 cm (image 1). Contents: image 2. This copy with three newspaper articles loosely inserted as follows: 1. "Sneak Thief Walks off with Enigma Coding Machine". 24 column inches cut from The Daily Mail for Monday April 3rd 2000 (image 3)., 2. "Banbury's Role in Winning War". 24 column inches cut from The Bambury Guardian of Thursday June 15th 2000 (image 4)., 3. "Truth About Enigma, by Someone who was there.". 21 column inches cut from The Daily Mail for Friday June 23rd 2000 (image 5).
Published by Simon & Schuster, 1983
ISBN 10: 0671492071ISBN 13: 9780671492076
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First edition, first printing. Near fine copy in very good or better dust jacket. Clean, bright, unmarked, and firmly bound. Dust jacket slightly rubbed along top edge at corners and spine end.
Published by Simon & Schuster, 1983
ISBN 10: 0671492071ISBN 13: 9780671492076
Seller: Loupe Books, Whitstable, United Kingdom
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Clean, no marks. DJ worn on top of spine with one 1cm tear, other smaller markings and wear and tear. But handsome volume. Part of a collection of research books for the feature films 'Enigma' and The Imitation Game'.
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Published by Simon & Schuster, New York, 1983
ISBN 10: 0671492071ISBN 13: 9780671492076
Seller: Argosy Book Store, ABAA, ILAB, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
hardcover. Condition: very good(+). First. 587 pages. 8vo, cloth-backed boards (light fading on the edges). New York: Simon & Schuster, (1983). First American Edition. A very good(+) copy, lacking the dust wrapper. Biography of the man who broke the German code in World War II.
Published by Simon and Schuster, New York, 1983
Seller: Wild Hills Books, Largo, FL, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 587 pages. Jacket priced $22.50. The book is clean and tight. The jacket has some wear at the edges. Book.
Published by Burnett, 1983
Seller: The Petersfield Bookshop, ABA, ILAB, Petersfield, Hampshire, United Kingdom
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Alan Turing: The Enigma is a biography of the British mathematician, codebreaker, and early computer scientist, Alan Turing 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. . Slight fading to spine of dust wrapper small nicks to spine of dust wrapper, previous owners neat inscription. Internally very good Size: Octavo. Category: Biography & Autobiography; For further information on this title or for further photographs, please click on the "Ask Seller a Question" button directly underneath this listing. We aim to reply within three working days. Buyers from OUTSIDE of the UK are strongly recommended to make contact, to ask for an accurate shipping cost, BEFORE buying.
Published by Simon & Schuster, New York, 1983
Seller: Midway Book Store (ABAA), St. Paul, MN, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. First US edition. 24 x 16 cm. Octavo. 587pp. First American edition with numberline beginning in 1. Brown cloth in price clipped dust jacket. Crease to front jacket flap. Light edgewear to the jacket. Some discoloration to the cloth spine. Inspiration for the 2014 movie "The Imitation Game" Very Good in Very Good dust jacket.
Published by Simon & Schuster, New York, 1983
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Simon & Schuster. New York. 1983. 587 pages with index. First edition, first printing with full numberline including 1. Book is tight. Binding and hinges are strong and sound. Minor soiling to page edges. Slight cocking to spine. Original DJ with $22.50 price intact on flap. DJ shows a couple of small closed edge tears and minor edge-rubbing. The basis of the award winning film The Imitation Game. VG with noted flaws.
Published by Burnett Books Limited, London, 1983
ISBN 10: 0091521300ISBN 13: 9780091521301
Seller: Cat's Curiosities, Pahrump, NV, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Bookplate to front pastedown states "The Library / Bolton Institute of Higher Education / Deane Campus, Deane Road, Bolton," overstamped "Withdrawn." There are also some library numbers in pen to copyright page, and small bar-code labels to FFE and rear pastedown. All (closed) page edges also bear library rubber-stamps, as does the title page. This volume looks very nice in its unclipped, "near-fine" original dust jacket, which was protected in an earlier library dust jacket protector which blessedly was NOT glued down. However, it appears to us that the blank Free Front Endpaper has been neatly cut out and discarded, leaving insufficient overlap of paper to properly repair the front hinge. The traditional means of securing this hinge (which is still holding) against further stress would be to run up a strip of archival white "library tape," but we have not done so. Copyright page states "First published 1983 by Burnett Books Limited / in association with the Hutchinson Publishing Group. . . London." Dust jacket front flap priced "L18-00 net / in UK only." Copies of this small first printing of the celebrated biography of the celebrated mathematical genius credited with breaking the World War Two German "Enigma" code -- but later bedeviled by his own countrymen for his unapologetic homosexuality -- are moderately hard-to-find. Basis for the 2014 film "The Imitation Game," starring Benedict Cumberbatch and Keira Knightley, which won an Oscar for "Best Adapted Screenplay." The author teaches mathematics at Oxford. Alan Turing ( (1912-1954) contributed enormously to winning the war against the U-boat, largely invented the modern electronic computer, and -- (despite his war service) was arrested, stripped of his security clearance, and forced to undergo humiliating "treatment" for his homosexuality -- committing suicide at age 42. Totals 587 pp. including index. Reduced from $600.
Published by Simon & Schuster, 1983
ISBN 10: 0671492071ISBN 13: 9780671492076
Seller: J. Mercurio Books, Maps, & Prints IOBA, Garrison, NY, U.S.A.
Association Member: IOBA
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First American Edition. First Printing. Full number line starting with 1. Clipped DJ in archival cover, light edge wear.
Published by Simon and Schuster, 1983
Seller: Ink, Portland, OR, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Just a good to very good copy of the first printing with a complete number line. The jacket with chips and wear to the edges and the book well read with wear to corners and edges and fading to the cloth.
Published by Simon & Schuster, New York, 1983
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Simon & Schuster. New York.1983. 587 pages with index. First edition, first printing with full numberline including 1. Book is tight. Binding and hinges are strong and sound. Book is fine wiith a touch of minor sunning at edge (barely.) Original DJ with $22.50 price intact on flap. DJ shows light rubbing on crown, rear, and flap fold tips with a small closed tear on rear. The basis of the award winning film The Imitation Game. Near Fine/VG+.
Published by Burnett Books, London, 1983
ISBN 10: 0091521300ISBN 13: 9780091521301
Seller: David Bunnett Books, London, United Kingdom
Book First Edition
HARDCOVER. 1st Edition. Thick, heavy 8vo. in black faux cloth, silver lettering to spine. 587pp, plates, index etc. This is one of the rare first editions, published by Burnett Books in a very small edition. This groundbreaking book has been hugely influential both in the study of computing history and the arts - besides spawning many other writings and documentaries it was adapted by Hugh Whitemore for both stage and TV dramas and by Graham Mooore for his Oscar winning script for 'The Imitation Game' of 2014 CONDITION: An extremely well preserved FINE very clean and tight unmarked copy (end-papers and page-block edges very slightly tanned or foxed) in a slightly tanned but otherwise FINE complete Dust Jacket (looks almost as new in its removable transparent protector). A very nice copy ] __NOTE. Depending on destination, this item may require an extra payment for shipping insurance. If so, orders made by card will be completed only after you have approved the extra cost._ ._We Ship in PROTECTIVE CARD PARCELS.
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Published by Burnett Books Limited, London, 1983
ISBN 10: 0091521300ISBN 13: 9780091521301
Seller: Cat's Curiosities, Pahrump, NV, U.S.A.
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Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. This "good-plus" volume presents nicely in its unclipped, "near-fine" original dust jacket. Copyright page states "First published 1983 by Burnett Books Limited / in association with the Hutchinson Publishing Group. . . London." Dust jacket front flap priced "L18-00 net / in UK only." Laid in are multiple newspaper clippings of original reviews of this book (presumably 1983), one by mathematician Peter Hilton, who worked with Turing at Bletchley Park as an undergraduate. Also laid in is a handwritten 1983 letter from author Hodges to Sir John Barnes, advising him that this book is forthcoming "this autumn." Bookplate of Cynthia & Sir John Barnes, Hampton Lodge, Hurstpierpoint, Sussex, to front pastedown. Copies of this small first printing of the celebrated biography of the celebrated mathematical genius credited with breaking the World War Two German "Enigma" code -- but later bedeviled by his own countrymen for his unapologetic homosexuality -- are moderately hard-to-find. Copies with autograph letters from the author, PREDATING PUBLICATION, much more so. Basis for the 2014 film "The Imitation Game," starring Benedict Cumberbatch and Keira Knightley, which won an Oscar for "Best Adapted Screenplay." The author teaches mathematics at Oxford. Alan Turing ( (1912-1954) contributed enormously to winning the war against the U-boat, largely invented the modern electronic computer, and (despite his war service) was arrested, stripped of his security clearance, and forced to undergo humiliating "treatment" for his homosexuality -- committing suicide at age 42. Totals 587 pp. including index. Reduced from $1,750. Inscribed by Author(s).