{"product_id":"turings-cathedral","title":"Turings Cathedral","description":"\u003cp\u003eGeorge Dyson''s fascinating account of the early years of computers: \u003ci\u003eTuring''s Cathedral\u003c\/i\u003e 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 \u003ci\u003eBaidarka; Project Orion\u003c\/i\u003e; and \u003ci\u003eDarwin Among the Machines\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''Unusual, wonderful, visionary'' Francis Spufford, \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e\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, \u003ci\u003eLiterary Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57320043282814,"sku":"NW9780141015903","price":12.84,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9780141015903.jpg?v=1778237996","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/products\/turings-cathedral","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}