Prof: Alan Turing Decoded

Prof: Alan Turing Decoded Author: Sir Dermot Turing Format: Paperback | 288 pages Dimensions: 129 x 198 x 20mm | 386g Publication date: 01 Dec 2016 Publisher: The History Press Ltd Publication City/Country: Stroud, United Kingdom Language: English Edition statement: Reprint Illustrations note: 100 black white illustrations, 16 black white plates ISBN10: 1841656607 ISBN13: 9781841656601 Alan Turing was an extraordinary man who crammed into a life of only 42 years the careers of mathematician, codebreaker, computer scientist, and biologist. He is widely regarded as a war hero grossly mistreated by hiscountry, and it has become hard to disentangle the real man from the story. It is easy to cast him as a misfit, the stereotypical professor. But Turing was never a professor, his nickname \Prof\ was given by his friends at Bletchley Park. Alan Turing's nephew has taken a fresh look at the influences on Alan Turing's life and creativity, offering a vibrant and entertaining approach to the life and work of a true genius. # About the Author Sir Dermot Turing was educated at Sherborne and Cambridge, like his uncle, Alan Turing, before him. After completing his PhD in Genetics at Oxford, Dermot moved into the legal profession, working first for HM Treasury Solicitor's Department and then for Clifford Chance, where he was a partner from 1999-2014. He is a serving Trustee of Bletchley Park.