Best Selling Books by Andrew Hodges

A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER The official book behind the Academy Award-winning film The Imitation Game, starring Benedict Cumberbatch and Keira Knightley It is only a slight exaggeration to say that the British mathematician Alan Turing (1912–1954) saved the Allies from the Nazis, invented the computer and artificial intelligence, and anticipated gay liberation by decades—all before his suicide at age forty-one. This New York Times bestselling biography of the founder of computer science, with a new preface by the author that addresses Turing’s royal pardon in 2013, is the definitive account of an extraordinary mind and life. Capturing both the inner and outer drama of Turing’s life, Andrew Hodges tells how Turing’s revolutionary idea of 1936—the concept of a universal machine—laid the foundation for the modern computer and how Turing brought the idea to practical realization in 1945 with his electronic design. The book also tells how this work was directly related to Turing’s leading role in breaking the German Enigma ciphers during World War II, a scientific triumph that was critical to Allied victory in the Atlantic. At the same time, this is the tragic account of a man who, despite his wartime service, was eventually arrested, stripped of his security clearance, and forced to undergo a humiliating treatment program—all for trying to live honestly in a society that defined homosexuality as a crime. The inspiration for a major motion picture starring Benedict Cumberbatch and Keira Knightley, Alan Turing: The Enigma is a gripping story of mathematics, computers, cryptography, and homosexual persecution.

Hodges, one of Britain''s leading biographers and mathematical writers, brings numbers to three-dimensional life in this delightful and illuminating volume, which makes even the most challenging math problems accessible to the layperson. 40 illustrations.

In what sense can organized football fans be understood as political actors or participants in social movements? How do fan struggles link to wider social and political transformations? And what methodological dilemmas arise when researching fan activism? Fan Activism, Protest and Politics seeks ethnographic answers to these questions in a context – Zagreb, Croatia – shaped by the recent Yugoslav wars, nation-state building, post-socialist ‘transition’ and EU accession. Through in-depth ethnography following the everyday subcultural practices of a left-wing fan group, NK Zagreb''s White Angels, alongside terrace observations and interviews conducted with members of GNK Dinamo''s Bad Blue Boys, this book details fans'' interactions with the police, club management, state authorities and other fan groups. Themes ranging from politics, socialization, masculinity, sexuality and violence to fan authenticity are examined. In moving between two groups, the book explores methodological issues of wider relevance to researchers using ethnographic methods. This is important reading for students and researchers alike in the fields of football studies, regional studies of the former Yugoslavia and post-socialism, political sociology and social movements, and studies of masculinity, gender and sexuality. A useful resource for scholars writing about social movements and protest, or post-socialist subcultural scenes in south-east Europe, the book is also a fascinating read for policymakers interested in better understanding the contemporary (geo)political situation in the region.

The A-Z of Plastic Surgery is a quick reference guide to the ever expanding specialty of plastic surgery. The succinct bullet pointed entries will enable the reader to rapidly assimilate the essentials of each topic, cross referencing links enable them to research related entries. It will be particularly relevant to trainees in plastic surgery as a working reference book and as an invaluable resource during preparation for final exams.

Alan Turing''s 1936 paper On Computable Numbers, introducing the Turing machine, was a landmark of twentieth-century thought. It settled a deep problem in the foundations of mathematics, and provided the principle of the post-war electronic computer. It also supplied a new approach to the philosophy of the mind. Influenced by his crucial codebreaking work in the Second World War, and by practical pioneering of the first electronic computers, Turing argued that all the operations of the mind could be performed by computers. His thesis, made famous by the wit and drama of the Turing Test, is the cornerstone of modern Artificial Intelligence. Here Andrew Hodges gives a fresh and critical analysis of Turing''s developing thought, relating it to his extraordinary life, and also to the more recent ideas of Roger Penrose.

In the 1990s, states in what would become the eastern edge of the European Union transformed their political systems and economies, leaving state socialism behind for liberal democracies and free markets. In the ensuing decades, two shipyards that were once the pride of their cities – in Gdynia, Poland, and Pula, Croatia – went bankrupt, unable to withstand global competition. Through an interdisciplinary study of these two shipyards, In the Storms of Transformation brings together a team of researchers to re-evaluate the shift from state socialism to market capitalism and offer a new periodization. With perspectives from social anthropology, sociology, and business history, the book argues that this transformation began with the oil crisis of the early 1970s and ended with EU accession – in 2004 in Poland and in 2013 in Croatia – highlighting the EU competition laws and global competition that pushed the shipyards into bankruptcy and diminishing the role of the revolutions of 1989. In the Storms of Transformation bridges local labour history with global market forces, going beyond prevalent narratives of loss and nostalgia or successful neoliberal change to offer a novel and nuanced reading of post-communist transformation and its contradictions.

Er is niet veel overdreven aan de stelling dat de Britse wiskundige Alan Turing de geallieerden heeft gered in hun strijd tegen de Nazi''s, dat hij de uitvinder was van de computer, de bedenker van kunstmatige intelligentie en een voorloper in de strijd om vrijheid voor homoseksuelen - en dat alles voordat hij, 41 jaar oud, zelfmoord pleegde. Deze schitterende biografie vertelt het definitieve verhaal van een uitzonderlijk genie en een even uitzonderlijk leven. Alan Turings grote kracht was zijn briljante analytische geest gecombineerd met zijn gave voor het ontwerpen van ''intelligente'' machines. In 1940 wist hij met zijn vindingen de Duitse Enigma-code te kraken - de code waarmee de Duitse lucht- en zeemacht alle communicatie beveiligde. Hij bracht er het Duitse oorlogscommando een slag mee toe die de oorlog bekortte en vele mensenlevens redde. Het was niet Turings enige wapenfeit. Al voor de oorlog werkte de briljante wiskundige aan het concept van een universele machine, een idee dat hij in 1945 uitwerkte tot de allereerste digitale computer. In 1952 kwam een abrupt einde aan de glansrijke carrière van Alan Turing, toen hij door de autoriteiten werd opgepakt wegens homoseksualiteit, een strafbaar feit dat in die tijd nog actief werd vervolgd. In het land dat hij zes jaar lang in het belang van de vrijheid had gediend, volgde een veroordeling en een mensonterende behandeling. In 1954 pleegde Alan Turing, 41 jaar oud, zelfmoord. Alan Turing, het Enigmaverscheen voor het eerst in 1983 en kreeg een glorieuze ontvangst. Enkele jaren geleden volgde een herziene editie, ingeleid door Douglas Hofstadter.

DA QUESTO LIBRO E'' TRATTO IL FILM "THE IMITATION GAME" «Una delle migliori biografi e d’argomento scientifico che siano mai state scritte». The New Yorker Uno dei più grandi geni del Ventesimo secolo, questo è stato Alan Turing. Nato a Londra nel 1912, considerato tra i padri della moderna informatica – spiegò la natura e i limiti teorici delle macchine logiche prima che fosse costruito un solo computer – fu un matematico fuori dal comune. Durante la Seconda guerra mondiale mise le sue straordinarie capacità al servizio dell’Inghilterra, entrando a far parte di Bletchley Park, la località top secret della principale unità di crittoanalisi del Regno Unito, e contribuì in modo decisivo alla decifrazione di Enigma, la complessa macchina messa a punto dai tedeschi per criptare le proprie comunicazioni, ribaltando così le sorti del conflitto. Ma la sua fu anche una vita tormentata. Perseguitato per la sua omosessualità, fu condannato alla castrazione chimica. Umiliato, a soli 41 anni, si suicidò in circostanze misteriose morsicando una mela avvelenata con cianuro. Nel 2013, dopo oltre sessant’anni dalla sua morte, la Regina Elisabetta gli ha «concesso» l’assoluzione reale. Con la verve di una spy story, la biografia di Andrew Hodges, la più completa e accurata mai scritta, ci restituisce l’ambiente e il clima culturale del periodo storico in cui Turing è nato e si è formato, le sue brillanti idee in campo matematico e scientifico, e ci fa conoscere il lato umano e personale di un genio inquieto.

Die gigantischen Kräne der Werften in Gdynia und in Pula waren bis vor Kurzem der Stolz dieser Städte. In Polen entstanden 300 Meter lange Ozeanriesen, in Kroatien Schiffe, auf denen Tausende Schafe lebend aus Neuseeland nach Europa transportiert werden konnten – Meerwasserentsalzungsanlage inklusive. Doch all der Erfindungsreichtum und das im Sozialismus eingeübte Improvisationstalent halfen nichts: Bald nach dem EU-Beitritt gingen die Werften pleite, auch weil in Brüssel das Wettbewerbsrecht mehr zählt als eine global orientierte Industriepolitik. Das »Werftenkollektiv« um Ulf Brunnbauer und Philipp Ther taucht tief ein in den Alltag der beiden Betriebe. Die Sozialwissenschaftler und Historiker rekonstruieren ihren Niedergang und analysieren die große Transformation, die Europa seit den siebziger Jahren erschüttert.

This Key Stage 1 science book combines theoretical work with practical applications. It follows correct scientific conventions in the text and illustrations, and focuses on key scientific vocabulary, glossary, and the development of scientific investigations and science in everyday life.

This Key Stage 1 science book combines theoretical work with practical applications. It follows correct scientific conventions in the text and illustrations, and focuses on key scientific vocabulary, glossary, and the development of scientific investigations and science in everyday life.

This film tie-in tells the true story behind the nail-biting race against time following Alan Turing (pioneer of modern-day computing and credited with cracking the German Enigma code) and his brilliant team at Britain''s top-secret code-breaking centre, Bletchley Park, during the darkest days of World War II. Turing, whose contributions and genius significantly shortened the war, saving thousands of lives, was the eventual victim of an unenlightened British establishment, but his work and legacy live on. In 1954, aged 41, Alan Turing committed suicide and one of Britain''s greatest scientific minds was lost.

Correspondence between Andrew Hodges, author of Alan Turing: the enigma, and Alex D. Fowler, who was employeed at Bell Labs where Alan Turing spent two months in 1943.

Demand for freshwater supplies in California is increasing, yet supply is constant and perhaps decreasing due to climate change. Water markets have been used to move water from wet to dry regions in the state, but such transfers are limited by available conveyance infrastructure and transaction costs. Ocean-going waterbags provide an alternative source of conveyance to existing methods and may not have many of the costs that plague other water transfers. I compare the cost of delivering freshwater by waterbags to the projected costs of desalination and existing supply sources for six urban water agencies in central and southern California. Results demonstrate that using waterbags to transport freshwater between northern and central/southern California sufficiently lowers costs that a market could materialize.