The Turing Guide

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  1. Connectionism: computing with neurons 309
    Jack Copeland and Diane Proudfoot

  2. Child machines 315
    Diane Proudfoot

  3. Computer chess—the first moments 327
    Jack Copeland and Dani Prinz

  4. Turing and the paranormal 347
    David Leavitt


PART VI BIOLOGICAL GROWTH 357



  1. Pioneer of artificial life 359
    Margaret Boden

  2. Turing’s theory of morphogenesis 373
    Thomas Woolley, Ruth Baker, and Philip Maini

  3. Radiolaria: validating the Turing theory 383
    Bernard Richards


PART VII MATHEMATICS 389



  1. Introducing Turing’s mathematics 391
    Robin Whitty and Robin Wilson

  2. Decidability and the Entscheidungsproblem 405
    Robin Whitty

  3. Banburismus revisited: depths and Bayes 415
    Edward Simpson

  4. Turing and randomness 427
    Rod Downey

  5. Turing’s mentor, Max Newman 437
    Ivor Grattan-Guinness


PART VIII FINALE 443



  1. Is the whole universe a computer? 445
    Jack Copeland, Mark Sprevak, and Oron Shagrir

  2. Turing’s legacy 463
    Jonathan Bowen and Jack Copeland


Notes on the contributors 475
Further reading, notes, and references 481
Chapter notes 484
Index 533
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