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Leavitt, who teaches creative writing at the U. of Florida, brings his novelist sensibilities to bear on the story of the English mathematician Alan Turing, who helped crack the Enigma code of World War II, crossed paths with the great minds of his time, and found his career as a computer builder cut short after he was arrested for violating anti-homosexuality laws. The biography, however, is no melodrama, focusing most intently on Turing's ideas and their implications for the science that followed. Annotation © 2006 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR David Leavitt is the author of several novels (most recently, The Body of Jonah Boyd) and story collections. He teaches creative writing at the University of Florida, Gainesville, where he lives. |
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