The history of the computer is entwined with that of the modern world and most famously with the life of one man, Alan Turing. How did this device, which first appeared a mere 50 years ago, come to structure and dominate our lives so totally? An enlightening mini-biography of a brilliant but troubled man.
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Eureka! (Icon Science) : The Birth of Science
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Atom (Icon Science)
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Written in Stone (Icon Science)
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Knowledge is Power (Icon Science) : How Magic, the Government and an Apocalyptic Vision Helped Francis Bacon to Create Modern Science
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Sex, Botany and Empire (Icon Science) : The Story of Carl Linnaeus and Joseph Banks
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Turing and the Universal Machine (Icon Science) : The Making of the Modern Computer
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Frank Whittle (Icon Science) : The Invention of the Jet
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An Entertainment for Angels (Icon Science) : Electricity in the Enlightenment
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Science and Islam (Icon Science) : A History
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