How Long to Read Alan Turing: The Enigma

How Long Does it Take to Read Alan Turing: The Enigma?

It takes the average reader 13 hours and 12 minutes to read Alan Turing: The Enigma by Andrew Hodges

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER The official book behind the Academy Award-winning film The Imitation Game, starring Benedict Cumberbatch and Keira Knightley It is only a slight exaggeration to say that the British mathematician Alan Turing (1912-1954) saved the Allies from the Nazis, invented the computer and artificial intelligence, and anticipated gay liberation by decades--all before his suicide at age forty-one. This New York Times–bestselling biography of the founder of computer science, with a new preface by the author that addresses Turing's royal pardon in 2013, is the definitive account of an extraordinary mind and life. Capturing both the inner and outer drama of Turing’s life, Andrew Hodges tells how Turing’s revolutionary idea of 1936--the concept of a universal machine--laid the foundation for the modern computer and how Turing brought the idea to practical realization in 1945 with his electronic design. The book also tells how this work was directly related to Turing’s leading role in breaking the German Enigma ciphers during World War II, a scientific triumph that was critical to Allied victory in the Atlantic. At the same time, this is the tragic account of a man who, despite his wartime service, was eventually arrested, stripped of his security clearance, and forced to undergo a humiliating treatment program--all for trying to live honestly in a society that defined homosexuality as a crime. The inspiration for a major motion picture starring Benedict Cumberbatch and Keira Knightley, Alan Turing: The Enigma is a gripping story of mathematics, computers, cryptography, and homosexual persecution.

How long is Alan Turing: The Enigma?

Alan Turing: The Enigma by Andrew Hodges is 768 pages long, and a total of 198,144 words.

This makes it 259% the length of the average book. It also has 242% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Alan Turing: The Enigma Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 18 hours and 2 minutes to read Alan Turing: The Enigma aloud.

What Reading Level is Alan Turing: The Enigma?

Alan Turing: The Enigma is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

Note that there may be other factors that effect this rating besides length that are not factored in on this page. This may include things like complex language or sensitive topics not suitable for students of certain ages.

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