Ebook: Alan Turing: Life and Legacy of a Great Thinker
- Tags: Computer Science general, Data Structures Cryptology and Information Theory, Artificial Intelligence (incl. Robotics), History of Computing
- Year: 2004
- Publisher: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
- Edition: 1
- Language: English
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Alan Turing's fundamental contributions to computing led to the development of modern computing technology, and his work continues to inspire researchers in computing science and beyond. This book is the definitive collection of commemorative essays, and the distinguished contributors have expertise in such diverse fields as artificial intelligence, natural computing, mathematics, physics, cryptology, cognitive studies, philosophy and anthropology.
The volume spans the entire rich spectrum of Turing's life, research work and legacy. New light is shed on the future of computing science by visionary Ray Kurzweil. Notable contributions come from the philosopher Daniel Dennett, the Turing biographer Andrew Hodges, and the distinguished logician Martin Davis, who provides a first critical essay on an emerging and controversial field termed hypercomputation. A special feature of the book is the play by Valeria Patera which tackles the scandal surrounding the last apple, and presents as an enigma the life, death and destiny of the man who did so much to decipher the Enigma code during the Second World War.
Other chapters are modern reappraisals of Turing's work on computability, and deal with the major philosophical questions raised by the Turing Test, while the book also contains essays addressing his less well-known ideas on Fibonacci phyllotaxis and connectionism.
Alan Turing's fundamental contributions to computing led to the development of modern computing technology, and his work continues to inspire researchers in computing science and beyond. This book is the definitive collection of commemorative essays, and the distinguished contributors have expertise in such diverse fields as artificial intelligence, natural computing, mathematics, physics, cryptology, cognitive studies, philosophy and anthropology.
The volume spans the entire rich spectrum of Turing's life, research work and legacy. New light is shed on the future of computing science by visionary Ray Kurzweil. Notable contributions come from the philosopher Daniel Dennett, the Turing biographer Andrew Hodges, and the distinguished logician Martin Davis, who provides a first critical essay on an emerging and controversial field termed hypercomputation. A special feature of the book is the play by Valeria Patera which tackles the scandal surrounding the last apple, and presents as an enigma the life, death and destiny of the man who did so much to decipher the Enigma code during the Second World War.
Other chapters are modern reappraisals of Turing's work on computability, and deal with the major philosophical questions raised by the Turing Test, while the book also contains essays addressing his less well-known ideas on Fibonacci phyllotaxis and connectionism.
Alan Turing's fundamental contributions to computing led to the development of modern computing technology, and his work continues to inspire researchers in computing science and beyond. This book is the definitive collection of commemorative essays, and the distinguished contributors have expertise in such diverse fields as artificial intelligence, natural computing, mathematics, physics, cryptology, cognitive studies, philosophy and anthropology.
The volume spans the entire rich spectrum of Turing's life, research work and legacy. New light is shed on the future of computing science by visionary Ray Kurzweil. Notable contributions come from the philosopher Daniel Dennett, the Turing biographer Andrew Hodges, and the distinguished logician Martin Davis, who provides a first critical essay on an emerging and controversial field termed hypercomputation. A special feature of the book is the play by Valeria Patera which tackles the scandal surrounding the last apple, and presents as an enigma the life, death and destiny of the man who did so much to decipher the Enigma code during the Second World War.
Other chapters are modern reappraisals of Turing's work on computability, and deal with the major philosophical questions raised by the Turing Test, while the book also contains essays addressing his less well-known ideas on Fibonacci phyllotaxis and connectionism.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages I-XXVIII
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Alan Turing: an Introductory Biography....Pages 3-8
Alan’s Apple: Hacking the Turing Test....Pages 9-41
What Would Alan Turing Have Done After 1954?....Pages 43-58
From Turing to the Information Society....Pages 59-74
Front Matter....Pages 75-75
The Mechanization of Mathematics....Pages 77-134
Hypercomputational Models....Pages 135-157
Turing’s Ideas and Models of Computation....Pages 159-194
The Myth of Hypercomputation....Pages 195-211
Quantum Computers: the Church-Turing Hypothesis Versus the Turing Principle....Pages 213-240
Implementation of a Self-replicating Universal Turing Machine....Pages 241-269
Cognitive Science and the Turing Machine: an Ecological Perspective....Pages 271-292
Front Matter....Pages 293-293
Can Machines Think?....Pages 295-316
The Computer, Artificial Intelligence, and the Turing Test....Pages 317-351
A Note on Enjoying Strawberries with Cream, Making Mistakes, and Other Idiotic Features....Pages 353-358
Robots and Rule-Following....Pages 359-379
The Law of Accelerating Returns....Pages 381-416
Front Matter....Pages 417-417
The Polish Brains Behind the Breaking of the Enigma Code Before and During the Second World War....Pages 419-439
Alan Turing at Bletchley Park in World War II....Pages 441-462
Alan M. Turing’s Contributions to Co-operation Between the UK and the US....Pages 463-473
Front Matter....Pages 475-475
Watching the Daisies Grow: Turing and Fibonacci Phyllotaxis....Pages 477-498
Back Matter....Pages 531-542
Turing’s Connectionism....Pages 499-529
Alan Turing's fundamental contributions to computing led to the development of modern computing technology, and his work continues to inspire researchers in computing science and beyond. This book is the definitive collection of commemorative essays, and the distinguished contributors have expertise in such diverse fields as artificial intelligence, natural computing, mathematics, physics, cryptology, cognitive studies, philosophy and anthropology.
The volume spans the entire rich spectrum of Turing's life, research work and legacy. New light is shed on the future of computing science by visionary Ray Kurzweil. Notable contributions come from the philosopher Daniel Dennett, the Turing biographer Andrew Hodges, and the distinguished logician Martin Davis, who provides a first critical essay on an emerging and controversial field termed hypercomputation. A special feature of the book is the play by Valeria Patera which tackles the scandal surrounding the last apple, and presents as an enigma the life, death and destiny of the man who did so much to decipher the Enigma code during the Second World War.
Other chapters are modern reappraisals of Turing's work on computability, and deal with the major philosophical questions raised by the Turing Test, while the book also contains essays addressing his less well-known ideas on Fibonacci phyllotaxis and connectionism.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages I-XXVIII
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Alan Turing: an Introductory Biography....Pages 3-8
Alan’s Apple: Hacking the Turing Test....Pages 9-41
What Would Alan Turing Have Done After 1954?....Pages 43-58
From Turing to the Information Society....Pages 59-74
Front Matter....Pages 75-75
The Mechanization of Mathematics....Pages 77-134
Hypercomputational Models....Pages 135-157
Turing’s Ideas and Models of Computation....Pages 159-194
The Myth of Hypercomputation....Pages 195-211
Quantum Computers: the Church-Turing Hypothesis Versus the Turing Principle....Pages 213-240
Implementation of a Self-replicating Universal Turing Machine....Pages 241-269
Cognitive Science and the Turing Machine: an Ecological Perspective....Pages 271-292
Front Matter....Pages 293-293
Can Machines Think?....Pages 295-316
The Computer, Artificial Intelligence, and the Turing Test....Pages 317-351
A Note on Enjoying Strawberries with Cream, Making Mistakes, and Other Idiotic Features....Pages 353-358
Robots and Rule-Following....Pages 359-379
The Law of Accelerating Returns....Pages 381-416
Front Matter....Pages 417-417
The Polish Brains Behind the Breaking of the Enigma Code Before and During the Second World War....Pages 419-439
Alan Turing at Bletchley Park in World War II....Pages 441-462
Alan M. Turing’s Contributions to Co-operation Between the UK and the US....Pages 463-473
Front Matter....Pages 475-475
Watching the Daisies Grow: Turing and Fibonacci Phyllotaxis....Pages 477-498
Back Matter....Pages 531-542
Turing’s Connectionism....Pages 499-529
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