The Preparation of Programs for an Electronic Digital Computer.

Turing, Alan - Wilkes (Maurice V.), David J. Wheeler, and Stanley Gill. , English mathematician, computer scientist, logician, and cryptanalyst (1912-1954).

Published by , Cambridge, Mass., Addison-Wesley Press, 1951

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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.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Preparation of Programs for an Electronic Digital Computer.
• Publisher: , Cambridge, Mass., Addison-Wesley Press, 1951
• Binding: Hardcover
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)
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