Some fascinating insights into Turing's work but the book goes into excruciating detail of his personal life.
Probably should expect that from a biography, and it was worth it for the insights into cryptography and his seminal work on computability theory.
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Elements of Style, Fourth Edition : (by William Strunk Jr. & E. B. White) (2022, Independently Published)
Elements of Style, Fourth Edition : (by William Strunk Jr. & E. B. White) by E. B. White, William Strunk, Jr.
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Ian Slinger rated The Templars: 4 stars
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Ian Slinger rated The Information: 5 stars
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Ian Slinger rated The Sirens of Titan: 5 stars
The Sirens of Titan by Kurt Vonnegut
The Sirens of Titan is an outrageous romp through space, time, and morality. The richest, most depraved man on Earth, …
Ian Slinger rated Ready Player One: 4 stars
Ready Player One by Ernest Cline
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Ian Slinger rated The Plantagenets : The Kings Who Made England: 4 stars
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Ian Slinger rated The soul of a new machine: 4 stars
The soul of a new machine by Tracy Kidder
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Ian Slinger rated The Scarlet Letter: 3 stars
The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne
A stark and allegorical tale of adultery, guilt, and social repression in Puritan New England, The Scarlet Letter is a …
Ian Slinger rated Zen and the art of motorcycle maintenance: 4 stars
Zen and the art of motorcycle maintenance by Robert M. Pirsig
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Ian Slinger reviewed Alan Turing by Andrew Hodges
Alan Turing: The Enigma (1983) is a biography of the British mathematician, codebreaker, and early …