[Pl-seminar] Fwd: [TYPES/announce] New Book from Princeton University Press: Alan Turing's Systems of Logic

[Mitchell Wand]

This may be of interest to many of the people on these lists. --Mitch

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NEW BOOK FROM PRINCETON UNIVERSITY PRESS: Alan Turing’s Systems of Logic****

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Below you will find a brief description of a new title published by
Princeton University Press. We hope that you will find this title of
interest to your members and would be delighted if you post our message to
your discussion list.****

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Alan Turing's Systems of Logic:****

The Princeton Thesis****

Edited and introduced by Andrew W. Appel****

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http://press.princeton.edu/titles/9780.html****

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Cloth | 2012 | $24.95 / £16.95 | ISBN: 9780691155746****

160 pp. | 7 x 10****

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A work of philosophy as well as mathematics, Turing's thesis envisions a
practical goal--a logical system to formalize mathematical proofs so they
can be checked mechanically. If every step of a theorem could be verified
mechanically, the burden on intuition would be limited to the axioms.
Turing's point, as Appel writes, is that "mathematical reasoning can be
done, and should be done, in mechanizable formal logic." Turing's vision of
"constructive systems of logic for practical use" has become reality: in
the twenty-first century, automated "formal methods" are now routine.****

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Presented here in its original form, this fascinating thesis is one of the
key documents in the history of mathematics and computer science.****

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"For me, this is the most interesting of Alan Turing's writings, and it is
a real delight to see a facsimile of the original typescript here. The work
is packed with ideas that have turned out to be significant for all sorts
of current research areas in computer science and mathematics."--Barry
Cooper, University of Leeds****

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Read a sample chapter online, click here:****

http://press.princeton.edu/chapters/s9780.pdf****

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Thank you for your time.****

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Emily Witkowski****

Text Promotions Intern****

Princeton University Press****

http://press.princeton.edu****

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