alan turing the enigma book by andrew hodges

Turing's work and the work leading up it is is explained in great detail. But there is a lot more in here than what you would bargain for. Hodge's biography offers a traditional chronological look at Turing's life, from a short section on his lineage to his cremation on the last page. Cumberbatch's Turing is not Hodge's biography Turing. But I guess going into this book I expected a bit more continuity. As far as movies go it was entertaining and also a bit educational. I feel that I should also say that I did enjoy the movie. It seems like Hollywood latches onto the 'Beautiful Mind' + Sheldon Cooper cookie cutter a little too much.

He did have a huge battle to overcome adversity due to his work being outlandish and misunderstood. Alan Turing was not a stereotypical genius nerd in a world that did not appreciate him. There is a little part of me that is offended, but there is another larger part of me that is not surprised. It seems that the movie took a lot of liberties and while there were not many huge outright lies, there were plenty of distortions, simplifications and exaggerations. So it was time to tackle this volume and I chose to tackle it by audiobook.įirstly I want to cover the book and it's difference to the movie, because looking at the words on the print cover, 'The Book That Inspired the Film 'The Imitation Game'', it leads you to a sense that a biopic from a biography should be fairly accurate. Anyway, along comes the film starring Sherlock himself and I found myself highly entertained by the story and wanting to know more. By the way I find that these instances only increase with the more you act upon them. I found it after one of those tipping points where you finally hit the nth reference to a person or idea and you find your ignorance about it embarrassing. This book has been on my radar for years now.

He is a great proponent of going back to first principles when approaching problems also. He is determined to tackle large questions and finds that his understanding of mathematics and logic can be applied to aspects of the universe around him, especially in areas that people would deem too messy and without any logic. He is a quiet and shy man, but one who mainly gets along with his colleagues.

Alan turing the enigma book by andrew hodges