Turing Alan English Mathematician Computer Scientist Logician and Cryptanalyst 1912 1954 (9 results)

8vo. 92 pp. Publisher's cloth, soiled. Tenth impression of Dale's Five-figure Tables of Mathematical Functions", signed ("Alan M. Turing | King's College.") on the front free endpaper.Soon after Turing's arrival in Cambridge he had "settled upon mathematics rather than science as his future course at Cambridge. Very early he acquired Dale's Five-figure Tables of Mathematical Functions.The book was purchased and read during Turing's time as an undergraduate at King's College, Cambridge from 1931. Provenance: Alan Turing (1912-1954); Robin Gandy (1919-1995), Turing's friend and one of his executors; bequeathed to Wolfson College. A Fellow of Wolfson from 1970 until his death in 1995, Gandy generously left his entire estate to the College, including these books once owned by Alan Turing, with the wish that his legacy be used to benefit the College and its students.

8vo. 469 pp. Publisher's cloth, soiled, small loss to blank area of spine. Second expanded edition. - Alan Turing's own copy of Courant (Richard) and David Hilbert, Vol. 1 [Die Grundlehren der Mathematischen Wissenschaften in Einzeldarstellungen, Band XII], acquired by him in October 1933 and signed on the front free endpaper. This copy of text played an important role in the formation of his ideas on mathematics. The book was purchased and read during Turing's time as an undergraduate at King's College, Cambridge from 1931. Provenance: Alan Turing (1912-1954); Robin Gandy (1919-1995), Turing's friend and one of his executors; bequeathed to Wolfson College. A Fellow of Wolfson from 1970 until his death in 1995, Gandy generously left his entire estate to the College, including these books once owned by Alan Turing, with the wish that his legacy be used to benefit the College and its students.

8vo. 206 pp. One leaf loose, publisher's cloth. Slightly browned. Later issue. - Alan Turing's copy, acquired by him at Cambridge. The front free endpaper is signed "A. M. Turing", with the date, "March 1933", at the foot. In March 1933 he purchased Bertrand Russell's Introduction to Mathematical Philosophy, which introduced him to "think seriously about the problem of 'types' - and more generally faced Pilate's question: What is truth?" (Hodges, ibid.). It is probable that Turing attended lectures on differential equations given at Cambridge by German mathematician Richard Courant in 1933.Provenance: Alan Turing (1912-1954); Robin Gandy (1919-1995), Turing's friend and one of his executors; bequeathed to Wolfson College. A Fellow of Wolfson from 1970 until his death in 1995, Gandy generously left his entire estate to the College, including these books once owned by Alan Turing, with the wish that his legacy be used to benefit the College and its students.

8vo. 167 pp. 2 photographic plates, publisher's cloth. Fifth edition. - Alan Turing's copy, acquired by him and signed ("A.M. Turing") upside down on the lower free endpaper in pencil. Turing's own copy of text which played an important role in the formation of his ideas on computing. The book was purchased and read during Turing's time as an undergraduate at King's College, Cambridge from 1931. Provenance: Alan Turing (1912-1954); Robin Gandy (1919-1995), Turing's friend and one of his executors; bequeathed to Wolfson College. A Fellow of Wolfson from 1970 until his death in 1995, Gandy generously left his entire estate to the College, including these books once owned by Alan Turing, with the wish that his legacy be used to benefit the College and its students.

8vo. 183 pp. Paper age toned, title detached, publisher's green boards. Second edition of Weyl's: Die Idee der Riemannschen Fläche, signed ("A.M. Turing January 1934") on the front free endpaper acquired at W Heffer & Sons Ltd, Cambridge". The book was purchased and read during Turing's time as an undergraduate at King's College, Cambridge from 1931. Provenance: Alan Turing (1912-1954); Robin Gandy (1919-1995), Turing's friend and one of his executors; bequeathed to Wolfson College. A Fellow of Wolfson from 1970 until his death in 1995, Gandy generously left his entire estate to the College, including these books once owned by Alan Turing, with the wish that his legacy be used to benefit the College and its students.

8vo. 496 pp. Publisher's cloth, soiled, lacks spine. Vorlesungen über Allgemeine Funktionentheorie und Elliptische Funktionen. Herausgegeben und Ergänzt durch einen abschnitt über Geometrische Funktionentheorie von R. Courant [Die Grundlehren der Mathematischen Wissenschaften in Einzeldarstellungen, Band III], second edition, signed ("A.M. Turing July 1933") on the front free endpaper, early ownership name Ernest A. Judd inked over, several ink or pencil annotations which are not in Turing's hand. The book was purchased and read during Turing's time as an undergraduate at King's College, Cambridge from 1931. Provenance: Alan Turing (1912-1954); Robin Gandy (1919-1995), Turing's friend and one of his executors; bequeathed to Wolfson College. A Fellow of Wolfson from 1970 until his death in 1995, Gandy generously left his entire estate to the College, including these books once owned by Alan Turing, with the wish that his legacy be used to benefit the College and its students.

8vo. 104 pp. Publisher's wrappers (lacks spine, covers detached, tear to upper wrapper not touching letters). First edition of Titchmarsh's The Zeta-Function of Riemann". [Cambridge Tracts in Mathematics and Mathematical Physics. No. 26], signed ("A.M. Turing") on upper cover.The book was purchased and read during Turing's time as an undergraduate at King's College, Cambridge from 1931. Provenance: Alan Turing (1912-1954); Robin Gandy (1919-1995), Turing's friend and one of his executors; bequeathed to Wolfson College. A Fellow of Wolfson from 1970 until his death in 1995, Gandy generously left his entire estate to the College, including these books once owned by Alan Turing, with the wish that his legacy be used to benefit the College and its students.

8vo. 127 pp. 2 plates, publisher's cloth, spine soiled. First edition of Eddinton's The Expanding Universe", signed ("Alan M. Turing") on the front free endpaper.The book was purchased and read during Turing's time as an undergraduate at King's College, Cambridge from 1931. Provenance: Alan Turing (1912-1954); Robin Gandy (1919-1995), Turing's friend and one of his executors; bequeathed to Wolfson College. A Fellow of Wolfson from 1970 until his death in 1995, Gandy generously left his entire estate to the College, including these books once owned by Alan Turing, with the wish that his legacy be used to benefit the College and its students.

8vo. 438 pp. Publisher's cloth, spine detached, Cambridge, C.U.P. Slightly browned. Fifth edition. - Alan Turing's copy, acquired by him (from Galloway & Porter), shortly after going up to Cambridge. The front free endpaper is signed "A. M. Turing", with the date, "February 1931", at the foot. One of his earliest acquisitions at Cambridge.Soon after Turing's arrival in Cambridge he had "settled upon mathematics rather than science as his future course at Cambridge. In February 1931 he acquired G.H. Hardy's Pure Mathematics [included in the lot], the classic work with which university began" (Andrew Hodges, Alan Turing: The Enigma, 1983).Provenance: Alan Turing (1912-1954); Robin Gandy (1919-1995), Turing's friend and one of his executors; bequeathed to Wolfson College. A Fellow of Wolfson from 1970 until his death in 1995, Gandy generously left his entire estate to the College, including these books once owned by Alan Turing, with the wish that his legacy be used to benefit the College and its students.