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A Madman Dreams of Turing Machines

Book • 2007
This book tells a unique story of the parallel lives of Kurt Gödel, the greatest logician of many centuries, and Alan Turing, the extraordinary code breaker during World War II. It delves into their work, which proved that truth is elusive and that machines could think, while also exploring their personal struggles, including Gödel's delusional paranoia and Turing's conclusion that humans are soulless biological machines.

The novel highlights the contrast between their genius and their tragic endings.

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Mentioned by Lex Fridman as a book connecting the geniuses Alan Turing and Kurt Gödel.
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Recommended by Maria Popova as a mathematical historical novel exploring the lives of Alan Turing and Kurt Gödel.
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Mentioned by Brian Keating ; her book "The Madman Dreams of Turing Machines" is a fictional account of Gödel and Turing.
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