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A Madman Dreams of Turing Machines
A Madman Dreams of Turing Machines | Janna Levin
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Kurt Gdels Incompleteness Theorems sent shivers through Viennas intellectual circles and directly challenged Ludwig Wittgensteins dominant philosophy. Alan Turings mathematical genius helped him break the Nazi Enigma Code during WWII. Though they never met, their lives strangely mirrored one anotherboth were brilliant, and both met with tragic ends. Here, a mysterious narrator intertwines these parallel lives into a double helix of genius and anguish, wonderfully capturing not only two radiant, fragile minds but also the zeitgeist of the era. From the Trade Paperback edition.
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annamatopoetry
annamatopoetry
A Madman Dreams of Turing Machines | Janna Levin
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My favourites in English language fiction, part 2:
A Madman Dreams... is technically two stories, about Kurt Gödel and Alan Turing, two eccentric geniuses who never met, but whose lives are sometimes parallel, sometimes opposite. I love this one mainly because of the absolutely beautiful language, and for how Levin gives a glimpse into how a genius' thought pattern may work, without trying to lay bare the whole thing (you can't, and ⬇️

annamatopoetry if you could they wouldn't be extraordinary). 3y
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annamatopoetry
annamatopoetry
A Madman Dreams of Turing Machines | Janna Levin
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Oookay. A day late. Because I was dead at the time.
1) need to reread this. It's about the parallels in the fictionalized lives of two geniuses who never met
2) that's the question! Ish. Details in comment
3) yes please. more so when I could still eat pineapple
4) 7.5 ish. Sometimes 7. In Euro sizes, a solid 37.
5) tagging friend @silentrequiem bc I have no idea how to figure out if someone is new or not
@howjessreads #friyayintro

annamatopoetry By American standard, I do. Smooth out the duvet and fluff the pillows. Done. By my my mother's standards? (remove cover, stretch bottom sheet, air out bed, fluff pillows, put covers back, cover bed with a throw blanket, tuck in throw, add deco pillows, add blanket at the end of the bed) no. 4y
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ReadingEnvy
ReadingEnvy
Madman Dreams of Turing Machines | Janna Levin
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Spoken by Olga in the book, I'm wondering if she is quoting her because it seems familiar.

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ReadingEnvy
ReadingEnvy
Madman Dreams of Turing Machines | Janna Levin
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This book is being discussed in a few weeks in one of the first-year writing seminars I librarian for, so I'm reading it too. It laces Kurt Gödel and Alan Turing together, interesting so far!

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