{"product_id":"turings-cathedral","title":"Turing's Cathedral","description":"George Dyson's fascinating account of the early years of computers: Turing's Cathedral is the story behind how the PC, ipod, smartphone and almost every aspect of modern life came into being.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn 1945 a small group of brilliant engineers and mathematicians gathered at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, determined to build a computer that would make Alan Turing's theory of a 'universal machine' reality. Led by the polymath émigré John von Neumann, they created the numerical framework that underpins almost all modern computing - and ensured that the world would never be the same again.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGeorge Dyson is a historian of technology whose interests include the development (and redevelopment) of the Aleut kayak. He is the author of Baidarka; Project Orion; and Darwin Among the Machines.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Unusual, wonderful, visionary' Francis Spufford, Guardian\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Fascinating . . . the story Dyson tells is intensely human . . . a gripping account of ideas and inventionFascinating . . . the story Dyson tells is intensely human . . . a gripping account of ideas and invention' Jenny Uglow\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Glorious . . . as much a story of the personalities involved as of the discoveries they made, and you do not need any knowledge of computers or mathematics to enjoy the ride . . . a ripping yarn' John Gribbin, Literary Review","brand":"Penguin Books Ltd (UK)","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57570053849414,"sku":"9780141015903","price":16.97,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0852\/3081\/3510\/files\/af09c5e907c074a61ca8f4f58ad6b27a4987cc50812233a6f34f2927d0c7e4b2.jpg?v=1791699224","url":"https:\/\/www.averdo.com\/products\/turings-cathedral","provider":"Averdo","version":"1.0","type":"link"}