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| Author | Dermot Turing |
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| Subject | Alan Turing |
| Genre | Biography |
| Publisher | The History Press |
Publication date | 15 September 2015 |
| Media type | Hardback, audiobook |
| Pages | 320 pp. |
| ISBN | 9781841656434 |
Prof: Alan Turing Decoded is a 2015 biography of Alan Turing, a 20th-century mathematician and computer scientist, authored by his nephew Dermot Turing. Written in a non-academic style, it begins with Turing's family history and early childhood, continuing with his contributions to Britain's cryptanalysis and encryption efforts in World War II and culminating in Turing's conviction for homosexuality and his later suicide.
It also discusses Turing's contributions to computer science both before and after the war, omitting technical details. It contains previously unpublished material such as photographs and letters, in particular describing the nature of Turing's work in World War II between 1942 and 1945, much of which was not public knowledge beforehand. Reviews of it are mostly positive.