{"product_id":"the-great-philosophers-andrew-hodges-9781474616782","title":"The Great Philosophers: Turing","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom WW2 code-breaker to Artificial Intelligence - a fascinating account of the remarkable Alan Turing.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAlan Turing's 1936 paper \u003ci\u003eOn Computable Numbers\u003c\/i\u003e was a landmark of twentieth-century thought. It not only provided the principle of the post-war computer, but also gave an entirely new approach to the philosophy of the mind. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Influenced by his crucial codebreaking work during the war, and by practical pioneering of the first electronic computers, Turing argued that all the operations of the mind could be performed by computers. His thesis is the cornerstone of modern Artificial Intelligence. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Andrew Hodges gives a fresh analysis of Turing's work, relating it to his extraordinary life.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Andrew Hodges\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 147461678X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781474616782\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e George Weidenfeld \u0026amp; Nicholson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/29\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 96\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.20lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 6.90h x 4.30w x 0.40d","brand":"Andrew Hodges","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43988605075711,"sku":"9781474616782","price":7.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_53118c80-ffc8-4921-bc78-07a8d0fd46c0.jpg?v=1683295359","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-great-philosophers-andrew-hodges-9781474616782","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}