List of contributors; Preface; PART 1: A. Hodges: Alan Turing and
the Turing Machine; S.C. Kleene: Turing's analysis of
computability, and major applications of it; R. Gandy: The
confluence of ideas in 1936; S. Feferman: Turing in the Land of
O(z); M. Davis: Mathematical logic and the origin of modern
computing. PART 2: M.A. Arbib: From universal Turing machines to
self-reproduction; M.J. Beeson: Computerizing mathematics: Logic
and computation; C.H. Bennett:
Logical depth and physical complexity; A.H. Brady: The busy beaver
game and the meaning of life; G.J. Chaitin: An algebraic equation
for the halting probability; M. Conrad: The price of
programmability;
E. Dahlhaus & J.A. Makowsky: Gandy's principles for mechanisms as a
model of parallel computation; M. Davis: Influences of mathematical
logic on computer science; J.E. Fenstad: Language and computations;
D. Finkelstein: Finite physics; O. Goldreich: Randomness,
interactive proofs, and zero-knowledge - a survey; Y. Gurevich:
Algorithms in the world of bounded resources; B. Hasslacher: Beyond
the Turing machine; M. Koppel: Structure; J.A. Makowsky: Mental
images and the architecture of
concepts; D. Michie: The fifth generation's unbridged gap; R.
Penrose: On the physics and mathematics of thought; R. Rosen:
Effective processes and natural law; H. Schnelle: Turing
naturalized: Von Neumann's
unfinished project; U. Schöning: Complexity theory and interaction;
J.C. Shepherdson: Mechanisms for computing over arbitrary
structures; B.A. Trakhtenbrot: Comparing the Church and Turing
approaches: two prophetical messages; O. Wiener: Form and content
in thinking Turing machines; Appendix.
'... a fitting tribute to one of the most influential figures in
mathematical logic and computer science.' Journal of Logic and
Computation
'a generally well-written account of Turing's work which manages to
convey the broad scope of his influence on later developments in
mathematical logic, computer science, and artificial intelligence.
I would recommend the book to anyone who has an interest in
computability theory or mathematical logic and its applications in
computer science... One of the great merits of the book is that it
is relatively self-contained and the material is largely
expository and consequently the book will also attract the lay
reader who is interested in the development of mathematical
ideas... this collection is to be welcomed as a fitting tribute to
the work of one of the
most influential figures in mathematical logic and computer
science.' Journal of Logic and Computation
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