图灵的大教堂
Turing's cathedral
George Dyson · 初版 2012 年
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- 详实记录早期电子计算历史，填补大学教育的空白
- 描绘水银延迟线与示波管等极具物理质感的早期构造
- 展现普林斯顿团队如何直接承袭图灵理论并调动资源
传奇科学史家兼哲学家 George Dyson 生动再现了那些专注的实验、惊人的数学洞察力和纯粹的创造天赋所构成的场景，正是它们造就了计算机、数字电视、现代遗传学、恒星演化模型——换言之，即 computer code。在 20 世纪 40 和 50 年代，一群由 John von Neumann 领导的古怪天才齐聚在新泽西州 Princeton 新成立的 Institute for Advanced Study。他们的共同项目是将数学家 Alan Turing 提出的理论上的 universal machine 付诸实现。
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我是在读《Turing's Cathedral》（图灵的大教堂）时偶然了解到 Nils Barricelli 的，这本书我读得非常过瘾。
I ran into Nils Barricelli while reading Turing's Cathedral, which is a book I enjoyed throughly.
……比他手头能用的更多，用来研究炸弹爆炸。不仅他和同事在很大程度上开创了数字计算机，他还调动了美国政府和学术界的资源来做成这件事。Dyson 的《Turing's Cathedral》极其精彩地记述了数字计算机的发展历程。早期的计算机有着惊人的物理实体感，利用液态汞中的波传播延迟，还要反复在示波器上扫描成行……
…than he had available, for studying bomb blasts. Not only did he and colleagues largely create digital computers, but he marshaled the resources of the US government and academia to get it done. Dyson's Turing's Cathedral is a fascinating account of the development of digital computers. The early ones were amazingly physical, using wave propagation delays in liquid mercury, and repeatedly painting rows of oscilloscope…
如果你想了解电子计算极早期历史的详尽细节，推荐 George Dyson 的《Turing's Cathedral: The Origins of the Digital Universe》。http://www.amazon.com/Turings-Cathedral-Origins-Digital-Univ... 另外我还推荐 Steven Levy 的《Hackers》http://www.amazon.com/Hackers-Heroes-Computer-Revolution-Ann...……
If you want a very detailed account of the super early history of electronic computing, George Dyson's "Turing's Cathedral: The Origins of the Digital Universe." http://www.amazon.com/Turings-Cathedral-Origins-Digital-Univ... Other great titles I'd recommend is Steven Levy's "Hackers" http://www.amazon.com/Hackers-Heroes-Computer-Revolution-Ann...…
另一方面，George Dyson 的书《Turing's Cathedral》给出了很有说服力的论据，表明普林斯顿建造 IAS Machine（https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IAS_machine）的团队（包括冯·诺伊曼在内）都认为他们几乎就是在直接实现图灵的论文。……
On the other hand George Dyson's book "Turing's Cathedral" makes a compelling case that the group at Princeton building the IAS Machine (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IAS_machine), Von Neumann included, believed they were following Turing's paper quite directly.…
虽然我只是扫了一眼这篇文章，但里面很多计算机都出现在了 G. Dyson 的《Turing's Cathedral》[1]里。我很喜欢这本书，毕竟大学里历史课本来就不多（至少我在布宜诺斯艾利斯上的那所……UBA 是这样）。[1] https://openlibrary.org/search?isbn=0375422773
Even though I only scanned the article, many of those computers appear in Turing's cathedral G.Dyson[1], book which I enjoyed, given that there is not a lot of history lessons at the universities (at least the one I went to in Buenos Aires... UBA). [1] https://openlibrary.org/search?isbn=0375422773
George Dyson 的《Turing's Cathedral》对冯·诺伊曼等人的历史做了非常精彩的记述。
"Turing's Cathedral" by George Dyson has a nice history of von Neumann, among others.