A Madman Dreams of Turing Machines

Janna Levin, 2006

Levin tells the stories of two of the 20th Century’s most influential scientists, logician Kurt Godel, who concluded that there are some theorems that can never be proven, and mathematician Alan Turing, who helped break the Nazi’s Enigma Code during World War II, and laid the groundwork for the invention of modern computers. Interweaving the lives, thoughts, discoveries, insights, and troubles of Godel and Turing, the novel is ultimately about the search for truth and how it can drive genius to madness.

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