The man who knew too much Alan Turing and the invention of the computer

Biography of the persecuted genius who helped create the modern computer.

Main Author:	Leavitt, David, 1961-
Format:	Books Print Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : W.W. Norton, Ã2006.
Edition:	1st ed.
Series:	Great discoveries.
Subjects:	Turing, Alan Mathison, > 1912-1954. Mathematicians > Great Britain > Biography. Gay men > Legal status, laws, etc. > Great Britain. Artificial intelligence > History.

Summary:	Biography of the persecuted genius who helped create the modern computer.
Item Description:	"Atlas books."
Physical Description:	319 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:	9780393329094 0393329097
Author Notes:	David Leavitt's first collection of stories, "Family Dancing," was a finalist for both the National Book Critics Circle Award & the PEN/Faulkner Prize. "The Lost Language of Cranes" was made into a BBC film, & "While England Sleeps" was shortlisted for the Los Angeles Times Fiction Prize. Leavitt is also the author of "Equal Affections," "A Place I've Never Been," "Arkansas," & "The Page Turner." With Mark Mitchell, he coedited "The Penguin Book of Short Stories" & "The Pages Passed from Hand to Hand" & cowrote "Italian Pleasures." He is recipient of fellowships from the John Simon Guggenheim Foundation & the National Endowment for the Arts. He divides his time between Italy and Florida. (Bowker Author Biography)