Turing

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• rw · May 15, 2009 · Recommends

  …algorithms. And it teaches you most of what is needed. Download it from: http://www.eng.unt.edu/ian/books/free/ "Elements of the Theory of Computation" (Papadimitriou): Classic text. Sure you've heard of Turing machines before, but what do you know about mu-recursive functions? It's very beautiful and if you have a person with whom to read the book and do the exercises, you will gain immensely.

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• rw · Jun 19, 2009 · Recommends

  …algorithms. And it teaches you most of what is needed. Download it from: http://www.eng.unt.edu/ian/books/free/ "Elements of the Theory of Computation" (Papadimitriou): Classic text. Sure you've heard of Turing machines before, but what do you know about mu-recursive functions? It's very beautiful and if you have a person with whom to read the book and do the exercises, you will gain immensely. It will help…

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• codeulike · Jul 28, 2019 · Recommends

  Was confused how Greg Egan wasn't on the list, then I got to the sci-fi section, and he's in there. I could second his recommendation for 'Turing (A Novel About Computation)' by Christos Papadimitriou

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• andrewcooke · May 28, 2013 · Critical

  really? his book about turing is pretty bad (all i can remember, having read it years ago, is being disappointed). http://www.amazon.com/Turing-Novel-Computation-Christos-Papa...

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