Alan Turing: The Enigma

Alan Turing: The Enigma
	Cover for the movie tie-in edition
Author	Andrew Hodges
Language	English
Subject	Alan Turing (1912–1954)
Genre	Biography
Published	1983 (Burnett Books/Hutchinson, UK & Simon & Schuster, USA)
Publication place	United Kingdom
Media type	Print (hardcover, paperback, audio)
Pages	587
ISBN	0-671-49207-1
OCLC	11516745
Dewey Decimal	510.92
LC Class	QA29.T8H63

Alan Turing: The Enigma (1983) is a biography of the British mathematician, codebreaker, and early computer scientist, Alan Turing (1912–1954) by Andrew Hodges. The book covers Alan Turing's life and work, as well as supplementary individuals in his life including Christopher Morcom and Conel Hugh O'Donel Alexander.

The 2014 film The Imitation Game is loosely based on the book, with dramatization as well as reduction of certain details and a focus on wartime events. The earlier play and film Breaking the Code was inspired by the same biography, and portrayed more of Turing's life.

Editions

The following editions of the book exist:

Hardback

UK: Burnett Books/Hutchinson (1983)
US: Simon & Schuster (1983)

Paperback

UK: Counterpoint (Alan Turing: The Enigma of Intelligence, without photographs)
US: Touchstone Books
UK: Vintage Books (1992–2012, including the 2012 centenary edition)
US: Walker Books (2000–2005)
US: Princeton University Press (2014)

New editions appeared in 2012, for the centenary of Turing's birth, and 2014, the year the film The Imitation Game was released.

Audio

Audible.co.uk (30-hour recording)

Reviews

The book has been widely reviewed by newspapers and magazines including The Guardian, The Independent, Los Angeles Times, Nature, New Statesman, New Yorker, The New York Times, Notices of the American Mathematical Society, Physics Today, Sunday Times, Time Out, Times Literary Supplement, The Wall Street Journal.

Influence

The book inspired the 2014 film The Imitation Game, directed by Morten Tyldum and starring Benedict Cumberbatch and Keira Knightley.

References

1 2 "Alan Turing: The Enigma". turing.org.uk. Retrieved 3 August 2017.
↑ "Alan Turing: The Enigma – The Book That Inspired the Film The Imitation Game – Andrew Hodges". UK: Penguin. 13 November 2014. Archived from the original on 9 January 2017. Retrieved 4 August 2017.
↑ "Alan Turing: The Enigma". Audible.co.uk. Audible Inc. Retrieved 3 August 2017.
↑ Hirst, Christopher (15 June 2012). "Alan Turing: The Enigma, By Andrew Hodges". The Independent. Archived from the original on 17 June 2012.
↑ Sayre, David (November 1984). "Review of Alan Turing: The Enigma by Andrew Hodges". Physics Today. 37 (11): 107–108. doi:10.1063/1.2915935. p. 107 p. 108
↑ McKay, Sinclair (9 November 2012). "On ciphers and codebreakers during World War II and after". The Wall Street Journal.

External links

Alan Turing: The Enigma website

[book-1] 1 2 "Alan Turing: The Enigma". turing.org.uk. Retrieved 3 August 2017.

[2] "Alan Turing: The Enigma – The Book That Inspired the Film The Imitation Game – Andrew Hodges". UK: Penguin. 13 November 2014. Archived from the original on 9 January 2017. Retrieved 4 August 2017.

[3] "Alan Turing: The Enigma". Audible.co.uk. Audible Inc. Retrieved 3 August 2017.

[the-independent-4] Hirst, Christopher (15 June 2012). "Alan Turing: The Enigma, By Andrew Hodges". The Independent. Archived from the original on 17 June 2012.

[5] Sayre, David (November 1984). "Review of Alan Turing: The Enigma by Andrew Hodges". Physics Today. 37 (11): 107–108. doi:10.1063/1.2915935. p. 107 p. 108

[wsj-6] McKay, Sinclair (9 November 2012). "On ciphers and codebreakers during World War II and after". The Wall Street Journal.