Alan Turing: The Enigma

I second this! In a similar, but different, vein, I also recommend Alan Turing: The Enigma, by Andrew Hodges. Do not be turned off by the useless film adaptation. The book is intelligent and fascinating, and more aimed at someone with an undergraduate level understanding of math and logic, rather than a general layperson.

* Alan Turing: The Enigma of Intelligence by Andrew Hodges. The definitive biography, with lots of detailed explanations of his work. * Making Software, edited by Oram & Wilson. A bunch of papers about evidence-based software engineering. * Beautiful Code, also edited by Oram & Wilson. A bunch of papers about especially elegant pieces of software. * Eiffel, by Bertrand Meyer. What Java should have been. * The Devil's DP Dictionary, by Stan Kelly Bootle. A satirical look at the computer industry circa 1980. * The Jargon File. (http://www.catb.org/jargon/html/). The language of the Elder Days. * Facts and Fallacies of Software Engineering by Robert Glass. * The Pragmatic Programmer by Hunt & Thomas.

I've read 33 books so I'm not going to publish the list here, but i blogged about it: http://blog.habrador.com/2015/12/books-ive-read-in-2015.html The books I liked the most were: - The Unthinkable: Who Survives When Disaster Strikes - and Why - On Intelligence - The Martian - The Innovators: How a Group of Hackers, Geniuses and Geeks Created the Digital Revolution - Einstein: His Life and Universe - Alan Turing: The Enigma - Neuroscience for Dummies - Thunder Run - (which is about the battle of Baghdad in 2003)

I'm reading the biography of Alan Turning by Andrew Hodges. After seeing the film I read all war year chapters and have now gone back to read the Cambridge years. It fills in many gaps about the war years and is just a lot of fun.

Alan Turing: The Enigma, by Andrew Hodges Although first published in 1983, I only managed to read it in 2012.

Oh, lots! I wish you'd narrow down to some categories you're interested in. A few example i enjoyed: The State of Africa, Martin Meredith The Code Book, Simon Singh Pity the Nation, Robert Fisk The Great War for Civilization, Robert Fisk Alan Turing: The Enigma, Andrew Hodges Long Walk to Freedom, Nelson Mandela The Last Lecture, Randy Pausch Fermat's Engima, Simon Singh Lots more....