The Expanding Universe.

Turing, Alan - Eddington, Arthur, English mathematician, computer scientist, logician, and cryptanalyst (1912-1954).

Verlag: , Cambridge, C.U.P., 1933

Beschreibung

8vo. 127 pp. 2 plates, publisher's cloth, spine soiled. First edition of Eddinton s The Expanding Universe", signed ("Alan M. Turing") on the front free endpaper.The book was purchased and read during Turing's time as an undergraduate at King's College, Cambridge from 1931. Provenance: Alan Turing (1912-1954); Robin Gandy (1919-1995), Turing's friend and one of his executors; bequeathed to Wolfson College. A Fellow of Wolfson from 1970 until his death in 1995, Gandy generously left his entire estate to the College, including these books once owned by Alan Turing, with the wish that his legacy be used to benefit the College and its students. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 93625

Bibliografische Details

Titel: The Expanding Universe.

Verlag: , Cambridge, C.U.P., 1933

Einband: Hardcover

Signiert: Signatur des Verfassers

Auflage: 1. Auflage