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Turing (A Novel about Computation) Review

I just completed reading Turing (A Novel about Computation). Its a post-modern novel around a computer programme named "Turing". It has a captivating story line that guides the reader through centuries of human ingenuity and intellectual achievement. The book also presents a successful fusion of history, economics, mathematics, computer science that is brilliant and original. I would definitely recommend it to people who know little about computing, because the book explains a lot about the core principles behind computer science in a down to earth fashion. However sometimes the explanations are so rudimentary and superficial that they are rendered inaccurate. Nevertheless its a good book and is definitely worth a read.