The Annotated Turing

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出版者:Wiley
作者:[美] Charles Petzold
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页数:384
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出版时间:2008-6-16
价格:USD 29.99
装帧:Paperback
isbn号码:9780470229057
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  • 计算机科学 
  • 图灵 
  • 计算机 
  • turing 
  • AlanTuring 
  • Computer.Theory 
  • 数学 
  • 科普 
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(excerpts from my proposal for the book)

Anyone who has explored the history, technology, or theory of computers has likely encountered the concept of the Turing Machine. The Turing Machine is an imaginary — not even quite hypothetical — computer invented in 1936 by English mathematician Alan Turing (1912–1954) to help solve a question in mathematical logic. As a byproduct, Turing also founded the field of computability theory — the study of the abilities and limitations of digital computers.

Although the concept of the Turing Machine is well known, Turing’s original 1936 paper is only rarely read. This neglect may have something to do with the paper’s title — “On Computable Numbers, with an Application to the Entscheidungsproblem” — and perhaps the paper’s extensive use of a scary German gothic font. That’s too bad, because the paper is not only a fascinating read but a milestone in the history of computing and 20th century intellectual thought in general.

This book presents Turing’s original 36-page paper (and a follow-up 3-page correction) with background chapters and extensive annotations. Mathematical papers like Turing’s are often terse and cryptic. I have elaborated on many of Turing’s statements, clarified his discussions, and provided numerous examples.

Interwoven into the narrative are the highlights of Turing’s own life: his years at Cambridge and Princeton, his secret work in cryptanalysis during World War II, his involvement in seminal computer projects, his speculations about artificial intelligence, his arrest and prosecution for the crime of “gross indecency,” and his early death by apparent suicide at the age of 41.

The book is divided into four parts: Parts I and II together are about 200 pages in length and cover the first 60% of Turing’s paper, encompassing the Turing Machine and computability topics. This part of the book is entirely self-contained and will be of primary interest to most readers.

Part III is a faster paced look at the remainder of Turing’s paper, which involves the implications for mathematical logic. Some readers might want to skip these chapters.

Part IV resumes the more "popular" presentation showing how the Turing Machine has become a vital tool in understanding the workings of human consciousness and the mechanisms of the universe.

Although I expect the primary readers of the book to be programmers, computer science majors, and other “techies,” I have tried my best to make the book accessible to the general reader. There is unavoidably much mathematics in the book, but I have tried to assume that the reader only has knowledge of high-school mathematics, and probably a foggy one at that.

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读后感

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这本书对我来说真的很难读懂。看到大段大段的各种稀奇古怪的数学符号我就发求。但是这并不妨碍我从另一个角度来重新了解了图灵、数学、计算机….去年的时候曾听过Jeff讲过的一个session:《世界及宇宙的终极答案》。我敢确定至少一半的内容都是来自这本书。 图灵在论文中描述了...  

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在这之前因为简单看过一些哲学普及书,一直纠结于唯物论->因果论->机械论和自由意志之间的矛盾。我是相信唯物论的,但是又觉得自由意志这个东西并不能由简单的因果关系决定,直到看到了这本书。 这本书详细分析了图灵机的不可判定性问题和哥德尔的不确定性原理,在我看起来,虽...  

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鉴于是科普向就不发博客了.. 微积分发明后, 全欧洲的数学物理学家们疯狂的享受这种方法带来的方便. 那时的数学是带有浓厚的应用目的的, 几乎所有数学都是为解物理问题而存在, 人们用微积分求解物体间的作用, 天体的运动, 却未顾及方法的严谨性. 即使有怀疑的声音, 人们还是随...  

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在这之前因为简单看过一些哲学普及书,一直纠结于唯物论->因果论->机械论和自由意志之间的矛盾。我是相信唯物论的,但是又觉得自由意志这个东西并不能由简单的因果关系决定,直到看到了这本书。 这本书详细分析了图灵机的不可判定性问题和哥德尔的不确定性原理,在我看起来,虽...  

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之所以没有选力荐不是因为书不够好,而是这本书对于大部分人来说很难全部读懂,我算是一个数学爱好者,虽然自己数学能力已经完全处于大学以下水平了。读这本书需要很多思考,毕竟他不是传记,不是故事,而是对一个完整的知识体系的详尽分析和解读,多谢作者在前面写了大量的补...  

用户评价

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之所以看不懂,仍然打五星,主要是因为Petzold和图灵的名头,另外在读的过程中感到Petzold还是很用心的,也是一个重要原因。

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这本书详细解读了Turing1936年的论文“On Computable Numbers, with an Application to the Entscheidungsproblem”,其中描述了Turing machine。但这本书远远不止于此,它涉及到数学的很多方面,深入浅出。关键是!!!没有过于难懂的英文单词和句式。我可以给十颗星吗?!

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还是挺科普的。不得不说图灵太天才了。

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Turing is way too awesome...

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读了一大半,实在是啰嗦,还不如直接看图灵的论文

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