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The Turing Guide
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<h2 id="overview">Overview</h2> <p>The book includes 42 contributed chapters by a variety of authors, including some contemporaries of Alan Turing. The book was published in January 2017 by <a href="/facts/Oxford_University_Press/CYyTzzWG">Oxford University Press</a>,<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:2" href="#fn:2"><sup>2</sup></a> in <a href="/facts/Hardcover/YTsWyoVz">hardcover</a>, <a href="/facts/Paperback/mBszwF9p">paperback</a>, and <a href="/facts/E-book/yrBWpU8E">e-book</a> formats. </p> <h2 id="contents">Contents</h2> <p><i>The Turing Guide</i> is divided into eight main parts, covering various aspects of Alan Turing's life and work:<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:3" href="#fn:3"><sup>3</sup></a> </p> <ol><li><i>Biography</i>: Biographical aspects of Alan Turing.</li> <li><i>The Universal Machine and Beyond</i>: Turing's universal machine (now known as a <a href="/facts/Turing_machine/ojCtglYu">Turing machine</a>), developed while at <a href="/facts/King%2527s_College%2c_Cambridge/lMWG5JhK">King's College, Cambridge</a>, which provides a theoretical framework for reasoning about computation, a starting point for the field of <a href="/facts/Theoretical_computer_science/jSkGGuvy">theoretical computer science</a>.</li> <li><i>Codebreaker</i>: Turing's work on <a href="/facts/Codebreaking/7CPEQlJI">codebreaking</a> during <a href="/facts/World_War_II/2efV5L1U">World War II</a> at <a href="/facts/Bletchley_Park/ID0B04WB">Bletchley Park</a>, especially the <a href="/facts/Bombe/PR64Llq7">Bombe</a> for decrypting the German <a href="/facts/Enigma_machine/FSMJwbCL">Enigma machine</a>.</li> <li><i>Computers after the War</i>: Turing's post-War work on computing, at the <a href="/facts/National_Physical_Laboratory_(United_Kingdom)/NM5HzE0b">National Physical Laboratory</a> (NPL) and at the <a href="/facts/University_of_Manchester/PwJzEj8h">University of Manchester</a>. He made contributions to both hardware design, through the <a href="/facts/ACE_computer/ouFXNzJS">ACE computer</a> (later implemented as the <a href="/facts/Pilot_ACE/88h5ugKz">Pilot ACE</a>) at the NPL, and software, especially at Manchester using the <a href="/facts/Manchester_Baby/tpkAwQnc">Manchester Baby</a> computer, later the <a href="/facts/Manchester_Mark_1/S8wpt6U5">Manchester Mark 1</a> and <a href="/facts/Ferranti_Mark_1/Q6hK6sI0">Ferranti Mark 1</a>.</li> <li><i>Artificial Intelligence and the Mind</i>: Turing's pioneering and philosophical contribution to machine intelligence (now known as <a href="/facts/Artificial_Intelligence/lJGauQwX">Artificial Intelligence</a> or AI), including the <a href="/facts/Turing_test/wEvf9DIr">Turing test</a>.</li> <li><i>Biological Growth</i>: <a href="/facts/Morphogenesis/zHJh8Eae">Morphogenesis</a>, Turing's last major scientific contribution, on the generation of complex patterns through <a href="/facts/Chemistry/SrNqkGVm">chemical</a> processes in <a href="/facts/Biology/1M1ee3pB">biology</a> and on the mathematics behind them, foundational in <a href="/facts/Mathematical_biology/pV9KCBSD">mathematical biology</a>.</li> <li><i>Mathematics</i>: Some of Turing's mathematical achievements, including one of his most significant influences, <a href="/facts/Max_Newman/dkdN0hQ8">Max Newman</a>.</li> <li><i>Finale</i>: Turing in a wider subsequent context, including his influence and legacy to science and in the public consciousness.</li></ol> <p>The book includes a foreword by <a href="/facts/Andrew_Hodges/lX9fcwuT">Andrew Hodges</a>, a preface, notes on the contributors, endnotes, and an index. </p> <h2 id="contributors">Contributors</h2> <p>The following 33 authors contributed to chapters in the book: </p> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Ruth_Baker/CnRa0tSr">Ruth Baker</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Mavis_Batey/douJal6U">Mavis Batey</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Margaret_Boden/g70GuDlA">Margaret Boden</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Jonathan_Bowen/rNN1Y3vy">Jonathan Bowen</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Martin_Campbell-Kelly/5ayslnom">Martin Campbell-Kelly</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Brian_Carpenter_(engineer)/wIz2rqGh">Brian Carpenter</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Catherine_Caughey/SbPF55Tk">Catherine Caughey</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Jack_Copeland/KhP2twFs">Jack Copeland</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Robert_W._Doran/U4w4bNPB">Robert Doran</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Rod_Downey/lVAAXpfF">Rod Downey</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Ivor_Grattan-Guinness/j8LPQtrS">Ivor Grattan-Guinness</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Joel_Greenberg_(historian)/3pPNksjs">Joel Greenberg</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Simon_Greenish/rYIgt2Ql">Simon Greenish</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Peter_Hilton/aMMvVAqJ">Peter Hilton</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Eleanor_Ireland/rBb0UUPG">Eleanor Ireland</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/David_Leavitt/n5dBXecP">David Leavitt</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Jason_Long_(composer)/9q7zFNcL">Jason Long</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Philip_Maini/Dk7h8wzF">Philip Maini</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Dani_Prinz/cadHa69p">Dani Prinz</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Diane_Proudfoot/9q7zFNcL">Diane Proudfoot</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Brian_Randell/mp6nJuP4">Brian Randell</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Bernard_Richards/kFnexzRf">Bernard Richards</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Jerry_Roberts/cRcy37bM">Jerry Roberts</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Oron_Shagrir/jembcx9w">Oron Shagrir</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Edward_H._Simpson/ujtu4pUq">Edward Simpson</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Mark_Sprevak/9q7zFNcL">Mark Sprevak</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Doron_Swade/gdoTBeVA">Doron Swade</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Dermot_Turing/F1MAk1UC">Sir John Dermot Turing</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Jean_Valentine_(bombe_operator)/Hdatl7RQ">Jean Valentine</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Robin_Whitty/9q7zFNcL">Robin Whitty</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Robin_Wilson_(mathematician)/RNtNbEXD">Robin Wilson</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Stephen_Wolfram/pJTChkGB">Stephen Wolfram</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Thomas_Wooley/Dk7h8wzF">Thomas Wooley</a></li></ul> <h2 id="reviews">Reviews</h2> <p>The book has been reviewed by a number of journals, magazines, and professional organizations, including:<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:4" href="#fn:4"><sup>4</sup></a> </p> <ul><li><i><a href="/facts/Engineering_%2526_Technology/yQmHUSmN">Engineering & Technology</a></i>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:5" href="#fn:5"><sup>5</sup></a></li> <li><i><a href="/facts/European_Mathematical_Society/B3h7b672">European Mathematical Society</a></i>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:6" href="#fn:6"><sup>6</sup></a></li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Formal_Aspects_of_Computing/ymQEBwuC">Formal Aspects of Computing</a></i>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:7" href="#fn:7"><sup>7</sup></a></li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Mathematical_Association_of_America/G3BkG5YX">Mathematical Association of America</a></i>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:8" href="#fn:8"><sup>8</sup></a></li> <li><i><a href="/facts/New_Scientist/GE0SBrn0">New Scientist</a></i>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:9" href="#fn:9"><sup>9</sup></a></li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Notices_of_the_American_Mathematical_Society/smHYV3sv">Notices of the American Mathematical Society</a></i>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:10" href="#fn:10"><sup>10</sup></a></li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Nuncius_(journal)/InGNg1H7">Nuncius</a></i>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:11" href="#fn:11"><sup>11</sup></a></li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Physics_World/pfjA2TnX">Physics World</a></i>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:12" href="#fn:12"><sup>12</sup></a></li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Resurrection_(magazine)/yLjzcx99">Resurrection</a></i>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:13" href="#fn:13"><sup>13</sup></a></li> <li><i><a href="/facts/SIAM_News/2HY4T5WY">SIAM News</a></i>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:14" href="#fn:14"><sup>14</sup></a></li></ul> <p>The book has also been featured online internationally, including in <a href="/facts/China/lTjIXY5p">China</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:15" href="#fn:15"><sup>15</sup></a> </p> <h2 id="cover">Cover</h2> <p>This artwork for the book's cover came about after a mock-up digital artwork in the style of the multiple images of <a href="/facts/Andy_Warhol/t1qqUP8K">Andy Warhol</a> was produced.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:16" href="#fn:16"><sup>16</sup></a> Jack Copeland then organized a more professional artwork,<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:17" href="#fn:17"><sup>17</sup></a> which became the basis for the eventual book cover.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:18" href="#fn:18"><sup>18</sup></a> In 2023, the artwork was displayed as part of a digital art exhibition organized by the <a href="/facts/Computer_Arts_Society/NxSeUVqN">Computer Arts Society</a> at the <a href="/facts/British_Computer_Society/2Fy6gNq9">BCS</a> in <a href="/facts/London/KozCCsy9">London</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:19" href="#fn:19"><sup>19</sup></a> </p> <h2 id="other-languages">Other languages</h2> <p>A Chinese edition of the book was published in 2023 by <a href="/facts/Tsinghua_University_Press/1tau4JgB">Tsinghua University Press</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:20" href="#fn:20"><sup>20</sup></a> </p> <h2 id="see-also">See also</h2> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Andrew_Hodges/lX9fcwuT">Andrew Hodges</a>, <i><a href="/facts/Alan_Turing%3a_The_Enigma/l8LlG6lf">Alan Turing: The Enigma</a></i> (1983).</li> <li><a href="/facts/Charles_Petzold/H3EEWJun">Charles Petzold</a>, <i><a href="/facts/The_Annotated_Turing/xkht3LbT">The Annotated Turing</a></i> (2008).</li> <li><a href="/facts/Dermot_Turing/F1MAk1UC">Dermot Turing</a>, <i><a href="/facts/Prof%3a_Alan_Turing_Decoded/EYKqq8Mp">Prof: Alan Turing Decoded</a></i> (2015).</li></ul> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>"Mark Sprevak". 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