“ One of the finest scientific biographies I’ve ever read: authoritative, superbly researched, deeply sympathetic and beautifully told ”
Sylvia Nasar, author of A Beautiful Mind
“ Andrew Hodges' book is of exemplary scholarship and sympathy. Intimate, perceptive and insightful, it’s also the most readable biography I’ve picked up in some time ”
Time Out
“ A first-rate presentation of the life of a first-rate scientific mind ”
New York Times Book Review
“ One of the finest scientific biographies ever written ”
New Yorker
“ A first-rate presentation of the life of a first-rate scientific mind…it is hard to imagine a more thoughtful and warm biography than this one ”
Douglas Hofstadter, New York Times Book Review
“ One of the finest scientific biographies I’ve ever read: authoritative, superbly researched, deeply sympathetic and beautifully told ”
Sylvia Nasar, author of A Beautiful Mind
“ Andrew Hodge’s book is of exemplary scholarship and sympathy. Intimate, perceptive and insightful, it’s also the most readable biography I’ve picked up in some time ”
Time Out
“ One of the finest scientific biographies ever written ”
New Yorker
“ Save your money for the forthcoming new edition of Alan Turing: The Enigma by Andrew Hodges, regarded by many as one of the greatest biographies of anyone, let along Turing ”
Robert Matthews, BBC Focus Magazine
“ This book stands the test of time. It is a labour of love…compelling ”
Energy and Technology
“ Authoritative biography ”
BBC online
“ Hodges's biography is sensitive, sympathetic and uncompromisingly intellectual. The maths is extremely hard work – but helps the lay reader to appreciate the scale of Turing's achievements ”
Brandon Robsaw, Independent on Sunday
“ A rich and fascinating portrait of a genius whose life was tragically ended before its time ”
Gay Times
Paperback
9781784700089
December 1, 2014
Vintage
768 pages
Paperback
9780099116417
June 15, 2012
Vintage
768 pages
EBook
9781448137817
November 30, 2012
Vintage Digital
768 pages
