Turing and the Universal Machine (Icon Science)

2017-09-07 Science

Author : Jon Agar
Release : 2017-09-07
Genre : Science
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Download or read book Turing and the Universal Machine (Icon Science) written by Jon Agar. This book was released on 2017-09-07. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The history of the computer is entwined with that of the modern world and most famously with the life of one man, Alan Turing. How did this device, which first appeared a mere 50 years ago, come to structure and dominate our lives so totally? An enlightening mini-biography of a brilliant but troubled man.

Frank Whittle (Icon Science)

2017-10-05 Technology & Engineering

Author : Andrew Nahum
Release : 2017-10-05
Genre : Technology & Engineering
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Book Synopsis Frank Whittle (Icon Science) by : Andrew Nahum

Download or read book Frank Whittle (Icon Science) written by Andrew Nahum. This book was released on 2017-10-05. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The story of the jet engine has everything: genius, tragedy, heroism, a world war, the individual vs. the state, and an idea that would change the world. Frank Whittle always maintained that he was held back by a lack of government support. At the very moment in 1943 when his invention was unveiled to the world, his company, Power Jets, was forcibly nationalised. Yet Whittle's brilliance, charm and charisma helped him recruit major support from the British government and the RAF, who gave him the green light to build a jet engine at a time when to do so made little sense. Here is a story of what pushing technology to its limits can achieve - and the effect that such achievement can have on those involved.

The Comet Sweeper (Icon Science)

2017-01-05 Science

Author : Claire Brock
Release : 2017-01-05
Genre : Science
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Book Synopsis The Comet Sweeper (Icon Science) by : Claire Brock

Download or read book The Comet Sweeper (Icon Science) written by Claire Brock. This book was released on 2017-01-05. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Having escaped domestic servitude in Germany by teaching herself to sing, and established a career in England, Caroline Herschel learned astronomy while helping her brother William, then Astronomer Royal. Soon making scientific discoveries in her own right, she swept to international scientific and popular fame. She was awarded a salary by George III in 1787 – the first woman in Britain to make her living from science. But, as a woman in a male-dominated world, Herschel's great success was achieved despite constant frustration of her ambitions. Drawing on original sources – including Herschel's diaries and her fiery letters – Claire Brock tells the story of a woman determined to win independence and satisfy her astronomical ambition.

Moving Heaven and Earth (Icon Science)

2017-12-07 Science

Author : John Henry
Release : 2017-12-07
Genre : Science
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Book Synopsis Moving Heaven and Earth (Icon Science) by : John Henry

Download or read book Moving Heaven and Earth (Icon Science) written by John Henry. This book was released on 2017-12-07. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Nicolaus Copernicus claimed that the Earth was not stationary at the centre of the universe but circled the Sun, he brought about a total revolution in the sciences and consternation in the Church. Copernicus’ theory demanded a new physics to explain motion and force, a new theory of space, and a completely new conception of the nature of our universe. He also showed for the first time that a common-sense view of things isn’t necessarily correct, and that mathematics can and does reveal the true nature of the material world. As John Henry reveals, from his idea of a swiftly moving Earth Copernicus sowed the seed from which science has grown to be a dominant aspect of modern culture, fundamental in shaping our understanding of the workings of the cosmos.

Turing and the Universal Machine

2001 Computers

Author : Jon Agar
Release : 2001
Genre : Computers
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Download or read book Turing and the Universal Machine written by Jon Agar. This book was released on 2001. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Alan Turning is widely known as the cryptographer extraordinaire of Bletchly Park, the man who broke the Nazi Enigma code. He has also been described as the father of the modern computer, dreaming of a machine that could think adn inaugurating a scientific revolution that we are deep in the midst of today. His work entailed too a challenge to the science of ourselves, exploring the limits between the human and technological.

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