{"product_id":"turing-the-universal-machine-the-making-of-the-modern-computer","title":"Turing \u0026 the Universal Machine: The Making of the Modern Computer","description":"The history of the computer is entwined\nwith that of the modern world and with the life of one man, the brilliant but\ntroubled Alan Turing.\n\n\nHow did the computer come to structure\nand dominate our lives so totally? In Jon Agar's enlightening story of the\n'universal machine', we discover how Turing's groundbreaking work not only\nhelped break German codes during the Second World War but also founded the beginnings\nof the modern computer.\n\n\nPersecuted by the authorities for his\nhomosexuality, and ultimately hounded to suicide, Turing's personal\ntribulations are as relevant to the modern world as his work on computing, as\nindicated by his posthumous royal pardon of 2013 and the recent film The Imitation Game, which focuses on\nTuring's turbulent life.","brand":"smeikalbooks","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":32686458601557,"sku":"9781785782381N","price":10.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2481\/5790\/products\/9781785782381.jpg?v=1598882264","url":"https:\/\/smeikalbooks.co.uk\/en-us\/products\/turing-the-universal-machine-the-making-of-the-modern-computer","provider":"smeikalbooks","version":"1.0","type":"link"}