For once I am extremely glad to have seen the film before reading this book, upon which the film is based. This book is not easy going, but you would expect that judging by the complex character it is based upon. However, if you have interest in Turing, i would recommend this just be warned.If you wanted to read the book of the film be aware, as it's harder going and the film's interpretation seems loose to say the least (as much as I enjoyed it) In order m to understand any of it, I would imagine you would need to understand maths at degree level at least. So, why only 3 stars? This book is full of some very heavy detail and about half of it is taken up with detailed maths, and when i say detail i mean pages and pages. I also had some interest in his great contribution to computing as we now know it and his work. I particularly really enjoyed learning about Turing the person, whether that be at school, home, Cambridge, Bletchley, Princeton and his personality and aims. Hodges is able to write detail in (the most part) an accessible manner, and I found about half this book fascinating. This book is superbly researched and superbly written. Like a lot of people, I became consciously aware of Alan Turing from the film the imitation game and given a reasonable interest in history and social history, particularly ordinary people doing extraordinary things, I thought I would give this a go. To learn more about how and for what purposes Amazon uses personal information (such as Amazon Store order history), please visit our Privacy Notice. You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie Preferences, as described in the Cookie Notice. Click ‘Customise Cookies’ to decline these cookies, make more detailed choices, or learn more.
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