Title: The Man Who Knew Too Much. Alan Turing and the Invention of the Computer
Author: David Leavitt
Publisher: Antoni Bosch
ISBN: 9788495348302
Review: Prosecuted by authorities and his colleges, British mathematician Alan Turing committed suicide back in 1954 when he ate a cyanide poisoned apple. He was the pioneer in Pure Mathematics field, the mastermind to crack the Enigma code used by Nazi Germany to send its encrypted orders, father of ideas that contribute to the computer invention, openly homosexual against the social convictions of that time and even the law, eccentric and brilliant character who was a victim of naivety and frankness.
The Man Who Knew Too Much. Alan Turing and the Invention of the Computer
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