Podcast appearances and mentions of Andrew Hodges

Summary Robert Shaw joins Andrew to discuss his experience working as an accredited Battlefield tour guide. Bob's career in the British Army spanned over 25 years.  What You'll Learn Intelligence Becoming a battlefield tour guide IEDD and Intelligence Work in Northern Ireland Hypothetical WWIII scenarios  Special Forces, TECHINT, & the Bin Laden Raid Reflections Learning from history Interpretation and understanding And much, much more … Quotes of the Week “One of the things about being an IEDD operator, our intent of course is investigation. And part of that is asking questions, lots of them, and getting, in a sense, answers and then following off and chasing trails or rabbit holes … It's good to be able to question everything and work out why it's there and does it fit … So it does really help with battlefield touring.” – Bob Shaw. Resources  SURFACE SKIM *SpyCasts* Alan Turing: Codebreaker, Visionary, Enigma with Andrew Hodges (2024) The Real Ian Fleming with Nicholas Shakespeare (2024) ANNIVERSARY SPECIAL: The D-Day Deception with National WWII Museum Curator Corey Graff (2023) St. Ermin's Hotel, London – The History of a Legendary Spy Site with Stephen Duffy (2023) The IRA, The Troubles & Intelligence with Eleanor Williams and Thomas Leahy (2022) DEEPER DIVE Explore the Sites and Battlefields Discussed Thames House Vauxhall Cross Bletchley Park  Monument to SOE Agents The Old War Office Building The Admiralty Building Beaumanor Hall Battle of Arnhem / Operation Market Garden  The Khyber Pass  The Falklands Conflict   Abbottabad Raid / Operation Neptune Spear  Battle of Stalingrad  *Wildcard Resource* The Battle of Gettysburg is perhaps one of the most well-known and most visited battlefields in the United States.  Take a virtual tour of this historic American site here – Tour guidance by Bob not included.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Summary Andrew Hodges (Website, Wikipedia) joins Andrew (X; LinkedIn) to discuss the life and work of Alan Turing. Andrew is an emeritus senior research fellow of mathematics at the University of Oxford.  What You'll Learn Intelligence Turing's early foundations for artificial intelligence  Interwar cryptanalysis Bletchley Park, Hut 8, and British Naval Intelligence The mechanics of the Bombe machine Reflections Legacy changing alongside social history The weight and pressure of genius  And much, much more … Quotes of the Week “Everything that you do with the digital, everything that we're doing now through these computers, flows from his perceptions. And that in turn came through his practical experience during the Second World War on breaking the enemy codes.” – Andrew Hodges . Resources  SURFACE SKIM *SpyCasts* The Real Ian Fleming with Nicholas Shakespeare (2024)  ANNIVERSARY SPECIAL: “The D-Day Deception” – with National WWII Museum Curator Corey Graff (2023)  Hitler's Trojan Horse – Nazi Intelligence with Nigel West (2023) How Artificial Intelligence is Changing the Spy Game with Mike Susong (2023) *Beginner Resources* Alan Turing, B.J. Copeland, Britannica (2024) [Short biography] How Did the Enigma Machine Work? Science Museum Group, YouTube (2019) [2 min. video] How Alan Turing Cracked the Enigma Code, Imperial War Museum (n.d.) [Short article] DEEPER DIVE Books The Codebreakers of Bletchley Park, J. D. Turing (Arcturus, 2020) Turing's Vision: The Birth of Computer Science, C. Bernhardt (MIT Press, 2017) Alan Turing: The Enigma, A. Hodges (Burnett Books/Hutchinson, 1983) Primary Sources  Alan Turing Obituary and Tributes (1954)  Can digital computers think? (1951) Computing Machinery and Intelligence (1950) Proposed electronic calculator (1946) Turing's Treatise on the Enigma (1939-1942) On Computable Numbers (1936) *Wildcard Resource* Alan Turing's School Report Card Didn't do very well in high school? Neither did Alan Turing. Amongst hopeful comments about his promising skills in mathematics, teachers noted Turing's carelessness and severe lack of neatness in his work.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Nesse episódio falamos de um filmaço que talvez você não saiba que é baseado em livro: O Jogo da Imitação de 2015. O livro biográfico foi escrito por Andrew Hodges em 1983, mas ainda não foi traduzido para o português. Analisando o livro e suas figuras reais em seu próprio tempo, Domenica Mendes e Senhor Basso recebem Rafa Arinelli do podcast CinemAção nesse episódio. Quer saber mais? Vem ouvir! Recomedamos Ouça o episódio 500 do podcast CinemAção! Mais um beijo pra gente! Quer receber um beijo nosso no próximo quadro "Momento do beijo"? É só nos deixar um salve em qualquer rede social ou um comentário no post. Estamos loucas para te beijar! ;) Ficha técnica Apresentação: Domenica Mendes, Senhor Basso e Rafael Arinelli Pauta: Domenica Mendes  Produção: Domenica Mendes Assistente: Leonardo Tremeschin Edição: Ace Barros Agradecimentos Especiais Esse episódio foi produzido graças a Airechu, Aline Bergamo, Allan Felipe Fenelon, Amauri Silva, Caio Amaro, Camila Vieira, Carol Vidal, Carolina Soares Mendes, Clecius Alexandre Duran, Daiane Silva Souza, Guilherme De Biasi, Igor Bajo, Janaína Fontes Vieira, Lucas Domingos, Lu Bento, Luiz Henrique Soares, Marina Jardim, Marina Kondratovich, Moacir de Souza Filho, Nilda e Ricardo Brunoro. Segue a gente, a gente é legal!  

With the Academy Awards just around the corner, This week we take a look at some of our favorite book to movie adaptations. For show notes for any episode, go to our website at www.perksofbeingabooklover.com. We are also on Instagram @perksofbeingabookloverpod and on FB Perks of Being a BookLover Books mentioned in this episode: 1- Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl 2- The Witches by Roald Dahl 3- A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman 4- The Martian by Andy Weir 5- Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir 6- Nightbirds by Kate J. Armstrong  7- A Week in Winter by Maeve Binchy/narrated by Rosalyn Landor 8- The Pale Blue Eye by Louis Bayard 9- A Beautiful Mind by Sylvia Nasar 10- Dune by Frank Herbert 11- Lady Chatterley's Lover by DH Lawrence 12- The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Annie Barrows and Mary Ann Shafer 13- All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque 14- Emma by Jane Austen 15- Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy 16- Bullet Train by Kōtarō Isaka 17- Little Women by Louisa May Alcott 18- We Need to Talk About Kevin by Lionel Shriver 19- Truman Capote by Gerald Clarke 20- In Cold Blood by Truman Capote 21- Angels and Insects (Morpho Eugenia) by A. S. Byatt 22- The Woman in Black by Susan Hill 23- Nightmare Alley by William Lindsay Gresham 24- The Storied Life of AJ Fikry by Gabrielle Zevin 25- Chengli and the Silk Road Caravan by Hildi Kang 26- Bad Indians: A Tribal Memoir by Deborah A. Miranda 27- All the Dangerous Things by Stacy Willingham 28- Your Driver is Waiting by Priya Guns 29- Stealing by Margaret Verble Movies mentioned-- 1- The Pale Blue Eye (2022) 2- A Beautiful Mind (2001) 3- The Imitation Game (2014--based on Alan Turing: The Enigma by Andrew Hodges) 4- Dune (1984) 5- Dune (BBC, 2000) 6- Lady Chatterley's Lover (2022) 7- The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society (2018) 8- All Quiet on the Western Front (2022) 9- Emma (2020) 10- Anna Karenina (2012) 11- Bullet Train (2022) 12- Little Women (2019) 13- We Need to Talk About Kevin (2011) 14- Capote (2005) 15- Angels & Insects (1995) 16- The Woman in Black (2012) 17- Lord of the Rings series 18- Nightmare Alley (2021) 19- The Storied Life of A J Fikry (2022) 20- Taxi Driver (1976) Articles mentioned-- A Film That Makes Sex Scenes Look Like Works of Art, Shirley Lee, The Atlantic, Dec 2022

With the Academy Awards just around the corner, this week we take a look at some of our favorite book-to-movie adaptations. For show notes for any episode, go to our website at www.perksofbeingabooklover.com. We are also on Instagram @perksofbeingabookloverpod and on FB Perks of Being a BookLover Books mentioned in this episode: 1- Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl 2- The Witches by Roald Dahl 3- A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman 4- The Martian by Andy Weir 5- Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir 6- Nightbirds by Kate J. Armstrong (published Feb 28, 2023) 7- A Week in Winter by Maeve Binchy/narrated by Rosalyn Landor 8- The Pale Blue Eye by Louis Bayard 9- A Beautiful Mind by Sylvia Nasar 10- Dune by Frank Herbert 11- Lady Chatterley's Lover by DH Lawrence 12- The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Annie Barrows and Mary Ann Shafer 13- All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque 14- Emma by Jane Austen 15- Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy 16- Bullet Train by Kōtarō Isaka 17- Little Women by Louisa May Alcott 18- We Need to Talk About Kevin by Lionel Shriver 19- Truman Capote by Gerald Clarke 20- In Cold Blood by Truman Capote 21- Angels and Insects (Morpho Eugenia) by A. S. Byatt 22- The Woman in Black by Susan Hill 23- Nightmare Alley by William Lindsay Gresham 24- The Storied Life of AJ Fikry by Gabrielle Zevin 25- Chengli and the Silk Road Caravan by Hildi Kang 26- Bad Indians: A Tribal Memoir by Deborah A. Miranda 27- All the Dangerous Things by Stacy Willingham 28- Your Driver is Waiting by Priya Guns 29- Stealing by Margaret Verble Movies mentioned-- 1- The Pale Blue Eye (2022) 2- A Beautiful Mind (2001) 3- The Imitation Game (2014--based on Alan Turing: The Enigma by Andrew Hodges) 4- Dune (1984) 5- Dune (BBC, 2000) 6- Lady Chatterley's Lover (2022) 7- The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society (2018) 8- All Quiet on the Western Front (2022) 9- Emma (2020) 10- Anna Karenina (2012) 11- Bullet Train (2022) 12- Little Women (2019) 13- We Need to Talk About Kevin (2011) 14- Capote (2005) 15- Angels & Insects (1995) 16- The Woman in Black (2012) 17- Lord of the Rings series 18- Nightmare Alley (2021) 19- The Storied Life of A J Fikry (2022) 20- Taxi Driver (1976) Articles mentioned-- A Film That Makes Sex Scenes Look Like Works of Art, Shirley Lee, The Atlantic, Dec 2022

Hosted by Andrew Keen, Keen On features conversations with some of the world's leading thinkers and writers about the economic, political, and technological issues being discussed in the news, right now. In this episode, Andrew is joined by Andrew Hodges, author of The Great Philosophers: Turing. Andrew Hodges is Emeritus Fellow in Mathematics at Wadham College, Oxford University. His classic text of 1983, since translated into several languages, created a new kind of biography, with mathematics, science, computing, war history, philosophy and gay liberation woven into a single personal narrative. He is an active contributor to the mathematics of fundamental physics, as a follower of Roger Penrose. See www.turing.org.uk for further material. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Our mission: We seek to evangelize, equip, and enrich people in order to glorify God. The Salvation Journey begins... by believing in Jesus (John 1:12-13) by turning away from your sins (Acts 3:19) by confessing Jesus as Lord and Christ (Romans 10:9-10) by being baptized (immersed) in water (Romans 6:3-7) by being faithful to Jesus (Revelation 2:10) East Union Christian Church Preacher - Andrew Hodges & Ethan Fosnot For more information Phone: 317-758-6298 Website: eastunioncc.org Email: eucc@eastunioncc.org

Andrew Hodges, Anna Carrie, and Ethan Fosnot share a message from Genesis 1:2 to start off our God In Us series for the Spring 2022 semester. We hope this message encourages you to remember that God is the only one who can bring creation from chaos.Our theme for the Spring 2022 semester is called "God in Us" as we go through a study on the appearances of the Holy Spirit in the Bible. Many of us grew up with ideas or stereotypes when it comes to the third Person in the Godhead; this is why we are so excited to jump headlong into this 13-week study (Old and New Testament) that will walk through different key scriptures.• Website: csfiupui.com• Facebook: facebook.com/csfiupui/• YouTube: youtube.com/channel/UC6e76TemyDULPBQ-9Kc2zMw

Andrew Hodges, Kristina Powlen, and Luke Rasberry give a message from 2 Corinthians 13.Our theme for the Fall 2021 semester is called "Your Best Life" as we go through the book of 2 Corinthians. People in our world are not shy about telling us what they think our best lives should look like. The things they sell and the pressures they apply are ever-present. In his second letter to the church in Corinth, a man named Paul outlines what your best life looks like in the eyes of Jesus. Join us this semester as we lean into 13 weeks of study that will stress the reality of a God who knows how you can live the best life possible.• Website: csfiupui.com• Facebook: facebook.com/csfiupui/• YouTube: youtube.com/channel/UC6e76TemyDULPBQ-9Kc2zMw

Andrew Hodges, Rachel Reiter, and Braden Herendeen give a message from 2 Corinthians 12 to remind us that Jesus is all that we need in this word of status and strength.Our theme for the Fall 2021 semester is called "Your Best Life" as we go through the book of 2 Corinthians. People in our world are not shy about telling us what they think our best lives should look like. The things they sell and the pressures they apply are ever-present. In his second letter to the church in Corinth, a man named Paul outlines what your best life looks like in the eyes of Jesus. Join us this semester as we lean into 13 weeks of study that will stress the reality of a God who knows how you can live the best life possible.• Website: csfiupui.com• Facebook: facebook.com/csfiupui/• YouTube: youtube.com/channel/UC6e76TemyDULPBQ-9Kc2zMw

While many opinions exist about the Book of Revelation, there is no question that, despite the opinions of many, it is applicable to every Christian who has lived since the first century. In today's episode,  Blake conducts a wide-ranging discussion on Revelation with his good friend, Andrew Hodges. Andrew is a seminary graduate who has written and taught extensively on the book. Some of the things Blake and Andrew discuss are:The major themes of the bookThe various interpretations of RevelationGod's purpose for inspiring the book to be writtenThe unique genre of Revelation, andThe "plumblines" that make Revelation applicable to every believer, regardless of the theological school one aligns withToday's episode is a great way to prepare for TYMKH's upcoming study on the Book of Revelation. We hope you enjoy this broad and insightful conversation!Show Notes: With: Blake Barbera and Andrew Hodges Website: www.thatyoumayknowhim.com Send us an email: info@thatyoumayknowhim.com Buy Blake's Book: Secularism, the Church, and the Way Forward https://wipfandstock.com/978166671051... Connect w/ Blake on social media:Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/blake.barber...Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/barberablake/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQj8... Subscribe to the Podcast:https://www.thatyoumayknowhim.com/listeniTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast...Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4KIz8KN...iHeart Radio: https://www.iheart.com/podcast/269-th. Support the show

In the previous episode, Robert "Uncle Bob" Martin mentioned that there are many books that current programmers don't read anymore. Chuck pressed him and got him to come back and tell us which books those are and why people should be paying attention to them. Panel Charles Max Wood Guest Robert Cecil Martin  Sponsors Dev Heroes Accelerator Links The Art of Computer Programming - Volume 1 - Fundamental Algorithms by Donald Knuth The Art of Computer Programming - Volume 2 - Seminumerical Algorithms by Donald Knuth Art of Computer Programming, The: Volume 3: Sorting and Searching by  Donald Knuth Structured Programming by Edsger Wybe Dijkstra, C. A. R. Hoare and Ole-Johan Dahl  The Annotated Turing by Charles Petzold Alan Turing: The Enigma by Andrew Hodges Structured Analysis and System Specification by  Tom DeMarco Practical Guide to Structured Systems Design by Meilir Page-Jones Design Patterns: Elements of Reusable Object-Oriented Software Patterns of Enterprise Application Architecture by Martin Fowler Analysis Patterns: Reusable Object Models by Martin Fowler Domain-Driven Design: Tackling Complexity in the Heart of Software by Evans Eric The Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs by Harold Abelson and Gerald Jay Sussman with Julie Sussman  Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs Agile Software Development, Principles, Patterns, and Practices by Robert Martin

For most of human history, cryptography wasn’t part of most people’s lives, unless they were a military commander or spy. But now it's literally in the palm of your hand and everyone else's too. And whether you know it or not, your life wouldn't be the same without it. In this episode, you’ll hear from industry thought leaders and innovators like Andrew Hodges, Steven Levy, Whitfield Diffie, Phil Zimmermann and Alex Stamos.For more on the podcast go to delltechnologies.com/trailblazers 

Let’s start out 2021 the right way! While the stock market had significant returns, diversification still is key to growing your portfolio for the long term. I’ve invited Andrew Hodges, CFA and Lenny Linskerto join me and share some strategies you may want to consider for your portfolio. For more information, please contact Andrew at ahodges@viprofessionals.com or (646)-383-7757.

Join us for our third Night of Worship of this semester! Our theme will be taken from 1 Kings 19:1-9, and we are calling it the "Whirlwind of Depression." Students Sarah Phillips and Jordan Sullivan join Andrew Hodges for a message of hope in the midst of dark moments.We are continuing our new theme of Whirlwind, which is a study through the ministry of the Old Testament prophet, Elijah. All of us have been through whirlwind moments in our lives, both positive and negative. In these whirlwind moments, we lose control and have to hold on until they pass. Life is about riding the highs and the lows, allowing God to do far more exceedingly beyond what we can ask or imagine (Eph 3:20).• Website: csfiupui.com• Facebook: facebook.com/csfiupui/• YouTube: youtube.com/channel/UC6e76TemyDULPBQ-9Kc2zMw

Uncover the secret to integrating framing stories with The Imitation Game. The 2014 film was directed by Morten Tyldum from the Oscar-winning screenplay by Graham Moore. It’s based on the 1983 biography Alan Turing: The Enigma by Andrew Hodges.Each week one of the Roundtable team—Valerie Francis, Kim Kessler, or Leslie Watts—aims to get to the bottom of a specific story principle by analyzing a film, novel, or short story. The rest of us analyze the story according to our own chosen topics, and together we deepen our knowledge and level up our craft.Click here for the full show notes. 

How Based On A True Story is The Imitation Game?Rob and his little brother Tim break the code or some other such pun on The Imitation Game! How true to life is the story of Alan Turing and his time at Bletchley Park breaking the Nazi enigma code and saving the world?Where to watch The Imitation Game: https://www.justwatch.com/us/movie/the-imitation-gameAlan Turing: The Enigma: The Book That Inspired the Film the Imitation Game - Updated Edition (Revised) by Andrew Hodges: https://bookshop.org/a/4479/9780691164724The Code Book: The Science of Secrecy from Ancient Egypt to Quantum Cryptographyby Simon Singh: https://bookshop.org/a/4479/9780385495325Further Reading / Watching:Two part video explaining how Enigma worked:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G2_Q9FoD-oQhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V4V2bpZlqx8More about Enigma and Turing:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d2NWPG2gB_Ahttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kj_7Jc1mS9kInfo about Welchman and traffic analysis:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mXZNayEPFKcA lot of similar info from the videos above but at 3:20 there's a good shot of the Enigma rotors taken out of the machine:https://youtu.be/ASfAPOiq_eQ?t=201 Good recap of how BOATS:https://slate.com/culture/2014/12/the-imitation-game-fact-vs-fiction-how-true-the-new-movie-is-to-alan-turings-real-life-story.html5 min video explaining the basics of Turing Machines: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dNRDvLACg5QVideos on Colossus, the computer Tommy Flowers designed that broke the harder Lorenz cipher:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9HH-asvLAj4https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7cDeG3hyraAhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=knXWMjIA59c

Yet another lovely interview with a lovely couple! These two let us pick their brains all the way from Austin, Texas and shared all the fun details about how they met, fell in love and tied the knot. Margaret is one of Paige's first friends from college and they have stayed close since the first time they met and Margaret made herself comfortable in Paige's lap. She is one of Paige's three matrons of honor and, as of this recording, she's 8 months pregnant! Andrew is an accomplished runner, technology wizard, photographer, dog dad and tall human. His cool demeanor is a perfect complement to Margaret's boundless energy and his long legs make a perfect nest for Margaret now that Paige lives far away. Follow Paige and Sam @paigeandsamplanawedding Email them paigeandsamplanawedding@gmail.com Visit their website www.paigeandsamplanawedding.com

In this episode we watch the movie The Imitation Game. Alongside your regular team of Thomas, Ben and Liz there was only one mathematician with the expertise who could take us through this movie with grace, wit and wisdom. And that mathematician wasn't available so we got  Dr James Grimes instead.Join us for episode five of Maths at: The Movies as we separate fact from fiction about the life of Alan Turing.If you're interested in watching The Imitation Game you can follow the Amazon link below. Further reading links:more than you would ever want to know about Alan Turing;Turing's biography by Andrew Hodges; more than you would ever want to know about James Grime;finding the truth behind the movies;comparing actors and their real-life counter parts.play with an online enigma machine;play with an online Turing machine.Subscribe via iTunes.

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Alan Turing is one of the principle reasons you're able to read this sentence on a computer right now. He is also a major reason the sentence is in English instead of German or Japanese. He's a fascinating character with an fascinating life cut way too short. So when our friend and guest host, Siobhan Beeman, suggested we hash out the Turing biography (Alan Turing: The Enigma, Andrew Hodges, 1983) and its filmed adaptation (The Imitation Game, dir. Morten Tyldum, 2014), we agreed to the idea eagerly. Four months and seven hundred dense pages later, a bit of that eagerness faded. In the end, that small amount of grind was ultimately the key to a surprisingly salty and laughter filled episode that we're quite proud of.

Professor Andrew Hodges author of 'Alan Turing: The Enigma' talks about Turing's work and ideas from the definition of computability, the universal machine to the prospect of Artificial Intelligence. In 1951, Christopher Strachey began his career in computing. He did so as a colleague of Alan Turing, who had inspired him with a 'Utopian' prospectus for programming. By that time, Turing had already made far-reaching and futuristic innovations, from the definition of computability and the universal machine to the prospect of Artificial Intelligence. This talk will describe the origins and impacts of these ideas, and how wartime codebreaking allowed theory to turn into practice. After 1951, Turing was no less innovative, applying computational techniques to mathematical biology. His sudden death in 1954 meant the loss of most of this work, and its rediscovery in modern times has only added to Turing's iconic status as a scientific visionary seeing far beyond his short life. Andrew Hodges is the author of Alan Turing: The Enigma (1983), which inspired the 2014 film The Imitation Game. The Strachey Lectures are generously supported by OxFORD Asset Management.

Professor Andrew Hodges author of 'Alan Turing: The Enigma' talks about Turing's work and ideas from the definition of computability, the universal machine to the prospect of Artificial Intelligence. In 1951, Christopher Strachey began his career in computing. He did so as a colleague of Alan Turing, who had inspired him with a 'Utopian' prospectus for programming. By that time, Turing had already made far-reaching and futuristic innovations, from the definition of computability and the universal machine to the prospect of Artificial Intelligence. This talk will describe the origins and impacts of these ideas, and how wartime codebreaking allowed theory to turn into practice. After 1951, Turing was no less innovative, applying computational techniques to mathematical biology. His sudden death in 1954 meant the loss of most of this work, and its rediscovery in modern times has only added to Turing's iconic status as a scientific visionary seeing far beyond his short life. Andrew Hodges is the author of Alan Turing: The Enigma (1983), which inspired the 2014 film The Imitation Game. The Strachey Lectures are generously supported by OxFORD Asset Management.

Bonjour à tous, j'ai eu la chance de pouvoir participer à l'évènement #psSortDuPlacard organisé par PodcastScience et StripScience le samedi 27 juin à l'occasion de la marche des fiertés à Paris. À cette occasion j'ai présenté trois livres que j'ai eu l'occasion de lire et qui traitaient des études scientifiques qui ont pu être réalisées en lien avec l'homosexualité pour deux d'entre eux et de la vie de Alan Turing, très grand mathématicien et scientifique, qui était homosexuel.J'espère que vous apprendrez plein de choses en écoutant l'émission de PodcastScience dont vous pourrez retrouver l'intégralité ci-dessus. Je signale aussi que tous les dossiers présentés pendant l'émission peuvent être retrouvées sur le site de PodcastScience. Vous pourrez aussi retrouver la production pléthorique de dessins qui ont été réalisés par l'équipe fantastique de dessinateurs qui ont officié pendant l'évènement. Vous pouvez ainsi retrouver les notes de l'émission de PodcastScience, le billet chez PodcastScience correspondant à mon intervention (reprise ci-dessous), ainsi que le compte rendu qu'a réalisé Pierre Kerner pour StripScience.Un grand bravo à toutes les personnes qui ont permis la réalisation de cet évènement : l'équipe de Podcastscience, de StripScience, Xavier Durussel, Pierre Kerner, Swoog, et tout ceux que j'oublie.Vous pouvez retrouver l'intégralité du dossier que j'ai présenté ci-dessous ou bien sur le billet associé sur le site de PodcastScience. Billet présenté dans le cadre de l'event #psSortDuPlacard le 27 juin 2015 et publié simultanément sur PodcastScience Pitch L’équipe de Podcast Science m’a proposé de réaliser un dossier sur quelques livres qui seraient intéressants de lire si l’on souhaite en savoir plus sur l’homosexualité, et la science associée de manière plus large. Je vous propose donc deux livres qui traitent de l’homosexualité d’un point de vue scientifique et un autre qui traite d’Alan Turing, grand scientifique de la première moitié du XXe qui était aussi homosexuel. De quoi vous occuper pendant les vacances si vous souhaitez de bons livres sur l’homosexualité au sens large :) Dossier Conundrum: The Evolution Of Homosexuality Le premier dont je vais vous parler se nomme “Conundrum: The evolution of homosexuality”, de Nancy Peters. Alors je préfère vous prévenir tout de suite : toutes ces références seront en anglais. Il existe juste une traduction pour le livre sur Alan Turing. Nancy Peters est une écrivain freelance vivant à New York. J’ai tenté d’avoir plus d’informations sur elle, mais mes demandes sont restées lettre morte, désolé.Ce livre relativement court qui décrit la vision de la biologie comportementale sur l’homosexualité et son évolution. Le propos est clair, illustré et toute personne souhaitant avoir une vision, plutôt haut-niveau, de la question saura trouver dans ce livre un certain nombre d’informations relativement à jour et appuyées sur des études scientifiques sérieuses. L’auteur traite de l’homosexualité sans se limiter à l’espèce Humaine, ni à une culture ou une époque en particulier. On aborde ainsi sa présence chez les primates de manière large, mais aussi dans les civilisations grecques, égyptiennes ou chez les maori.Ce livre n’a pas pour but d’être exhaustif sur l’homosexualité et ce que la science pourrait en avoir à dire, mais il sait fournir une base intéressante à qui souhaite se renseigner sur la question.Il remplit donc pleinement son office et la seule chose que j’aurais personnellement à lui reprocher c’est son organisation : certains sujets sont abordés selon un certain angle, puis l’auteur aborde un autre point, et revient ensuite au premier. En tout cas si vous êtes pressé, ce livre est pour vous ! Gay, Straight, and the Reason Why: The Science of Sexual Orientation Le second livre est “Gay, Straight, and the Reason Why” de Simon LeVay.Simon LeVay est un neuroscientifique américano-britannique qui s’est, apparemment, toujours intéressé aux structures du cerveau et aux liens possibles avec l’orientation sexuelle. Après une éducation supérieure de haute volée où il fréquenta successivement les bancs de Cambridge, Göttingen et Harvard, il réalisa la majeure partie de sa carrière dans ce dernier établissement avant d’intégrer le Salk Institute for Biological Studies où il réalisa l’étude pour laquelle il est sûrement le plus connu et qui portait sur le noyau INAH3 au sein du cerveau. Il montra en effet une corrélation entre la taille de ce noyau de neurones et l’orientation sexuelle de son possesseur.À la différence du livre de Nancy Peters, celui-ci est plus volumineux et plus long à lire. Mais cela vaudra clairement le temps que vous y passerez! Je n’ai jamais vu un livre aussi exhaustif, aussi bien référencé et aussi sérieux sur un sujet. Il est aussi différent par son approche: Simon LeVay se concentre sur l’Humain et sur l’époque actuelle et va ainsi aborder tous les axes possibles de réflexion sur l’Homosexualité (psychologie, biologie, génétique, etc)Le livre est bien structuré, l’auteur présente, pour chaque axe un certain nombre d’hypothèses, avec les études associées, les résultats obtenus, et ce qui en est ressorti, en pour et en contre.Cet ouvrage est un bon complément à celui de Nancy Peters pour qui souhaite entrer plus en profondeur dans le sujet. On pourra remarquer que Simon LeVay, dans son travail de référence et de recherche d’études sur les sujets abordés, ne cite quasiment aucune étude francophone ... Alan Turing: The Enigma Ahhh, Alan Turing! En tant que personne travaillant dans le domaine de l’informatique, il représente un dieu de la spécialité. L’un de ses esprits géniaux grâce à qui nous avons pu avoir à notre disposition cette technologie fantastique qui nous permet de pouvoir commander des cuisses de poulet surgelées à 3 heures du matin depuis le fond de notre lit.Blague à part, le travail de cet homme est juste fondamental pour notre société d’aujourd’hui. Et c’est sa vie qu’Andrew Hodges nous raconte de manière agréable et touchante. On découvre ainsi la vie du jeune Alan Turing, avec son amour de jeunesse pour Christopher Morcom, mort trop vite, et dont la perte resta ancrée en Alan pendant toute sa vie. On découvre aussi son travail lors de la Seconde Guerre Mondiale pour le décryptage des messages produits grâce à la machine Enigma. On apprend aussi à quel point il a révolutionné les mathématiques à travers son article sur les nombres calculables et les machines de Turing, celui sur le principe d’imitation avec son fameux test pour déterminer si l’on a à faire à une machine ou plus un humain, son invention de la programmation, des fonctions, etc. On ne se rend pas compte à quel point il est à l’origine de toute cette technologie, ces ordinateurs, tablettes et smartphones qui nous sont aujourd’hui indispensable.On en apprend aussi un peu plus sur la vie des homosexuels dans cette première moitié du XXe siècle anglais, et comment s’est déroulée la fin de sa vie, entre son arrestation, son procès, sa castration chimique et ses derniers jours avant son suicide en 1954.Pour ceux qui auraient vu le film, très bon film en passant, vous découvrirez la vraie histoire (sur laquelle est censée être basé le film d’ailleurs) et d’Alan Turing. Un peu moins romanesque et moins d’espionnage mais tellement plus intéressante. Conclusion En conclusion ce que je peux dire c’est que j’ai vraiment appris beaucoup de choses : sur l’homosexualité, certes, mais aussi sur ce scientifique formidable que fut Alan Turing et sur les impacts des préjugés de la société sur les homosexuels au sens large. Le suicide d’Alan Turing, pour beaucoup, conséquence du traitement consécutif à son procès et de l’atmosphère homophobe de l’époque, l’aura peut-être empêché de faire de nouvelles découvertes fantastiques et fondamentales. Dix ans se sont écoulés entre les deux articles fondateurs d’Einstein sur la relativité restreinte et générale. Imaginez ce que Turing aurait pu faire si il avait vécu plus longtemps !Je vous conseille donc de lire ces livres, et d’en proposer la lecture autour de vous. Ceci permettra peut-être de réduire les préjugés qui rongent notre société et d’éviter aux homosexuels de subir des pressions et des discriminations.Laissons les personnes LGBT s’épanouir car elles pourront sûrement rendre le monde plus beau et meilleur pour nous tous.Vous pourrez retrouver l’ensemble des livres sur le compte goodreads de LisezLaScience. Ceux-ci seront placés sur une étagère spécifique et celle pour aujourd’hui sera LLS-HS-6 : https://www.goodreads.com/review/list/30797714-lisezlascience?shelf=lls-hs-6 Liens Les notes d'émission de l'épisode #PS225 chez PodcastScience : http://www.podcastscience.fm/?p=5669 Ce billet chez PodcastScience : http://www.podcastscience.fm/?p=5688 CR de Pierre Kerner sur Strip-Science : http://stripscience.cafe-sciences.org/articles/podcast-science-sort-du-placard-le-compte-rendu/ Page wikipédia de Simon LeVay : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_LeVay Page wikipédia d’Alan Turing : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_TuringLes références livresquesAlan Turing: The EnigmaISBN : 1784700088 (ISBN13: 978-1784700089) Auteur : Andrew Hodges Nombre de pages : 768 pages Date de parution : 13/11/2014 chez Vintage Prix : 13,34 € chez Amazon ou chez la Fnac (en français)Gay, Straight, and the Reason Why: The Science of Sexual OrientationISBN : 0199931585 (ISBN13 : 978-0199931583) Auteur : Simon Levay Nombre de pages : 432 pages Date de parution : 06/09/2012 (Reprint) chez Oxford University Press Prix : 25,32 € chez Amazon et à 10,09€ chez la Fnac (en numérique uniquement)Conundrum: The Evolution Of HomosexualityISBN : 1420893386 (ISBN13 : 978-1420893380) Auteur : Nancy J. Peters Nombre de pages : 208 pages Date de parution : 01/02/2006 chez Authorhouse Prix : 21,64 € chez Amazon

Karen Lange reads from Alan Turing: The Enigma, by Andrew Hodges, published by Princeton University Press. “Alan…had discovered…the idea of a universal machine that could take over the work of any machine. And he had argued that anything performed by a human computer could be done by a machine.”

March 2015 This month join us on a very special tour of Bletchley Park, when more than twenty members of Alan Turing’s family gathered to pay tribute to his contribution to the war-winning intelligence that emerged from this unassuming country estate. It was a poignant visit for members of his family, some of whom had never been before and most who’d never met the man. Sir John Dermot Turing, a Trustee of Bletchley Park and Alan Turing’s nephew, took the opportunity to talk about exciting plans to tell the story of his uncle’s co-invention, in the newly restored Hut 11A. Find out what year six pupils from Greenleys Junior School in Milton Keynes thought of their free school trip to Bletchley Park, when they became the first school to take advantage of a pilot bursary scheme, funded by Winton Global Investment Management. Graham Moore has become a member of Hollywood’s most exclusive club, an Oscar winner. Graham won the little gold statue for his script for The Imitation Game, adapted from Andrew Hodges’ biography of Alan Turing. Dermot Turing gives us his reaction to the news and we have edited our previous interviews with Graham for this episode. We send him our congratulations and thanks. Finally this month we bring you a very poignant interview with another of our wonderful Veterans. Bombe Wren Joan Martin was one of a number of women who joined the Navy only to find they were on dry land and operating state-of-the-art machines that helped speed up the codebreaking process. Joan talks about her days working at the outstation, Eastcote, where she worked with her life-long friend Joyce Rogers. Picture: ©shaunarmstrong/mubsta.com #BPark, #Bletchleypark, #AlanTuring, #ImitationGameUK, #Enigma, #WW2Veteran, #History

Alan Turing was a true visionary. Founding what we understand today as computer science, he was also a mathematician, a philosopher, and an early trailblazer for gay equality. Without his genius for codebreaking, the Second World War might have gone in a much darker direction. He saved millions of lives and potentially the world as we know it, yet his efforts for humanity were not enough to spare him the inhuman treatment he received for his sexual orientation.   Andrew Hodges was one of the first people to realize the multifaceted brilliance of Alan Turing, which eventually led him to write the renowned biography, Alan Turing: The Enigma, which was recently adapted into the film The Imitation Game starring Benedict Cumberbatch. Like Turing, Hodges is a mathematician and gay rights activist, and understands first hand the impact Turing’s life has had on our world today.   This week on Point of Inquiry, Hodges explains how Turing became so influential in so many different fields, and how his genius was so far ahead of his time.

These two video sessions explore the development of Sir Roger Penrose's thought over more than 60 years, ending with his most recent theories and predictions. In the first session, Roger Penrose explains the impact of his time at Cambridge in the 1950s. The interview brings out his highly unconventional choice of subjects for deep study, which completely ignored the boundary between 'pure' and 'applied' mathematics. Those familiar with his world-leading development of relativity theory in the 1960s may be surprised to learn how much he was influenced by quantum theory in the 1950s, and also by the early origin of his new ideas. Roger Penrose explains the influence of Dirac, Sciama and other leading figures of the 1950s, and goes on to characterise the emergence of twistor theory. Non-experts will be interested to hear how the ideas of his best-known work, The Emperor's New Mind, also had an origin in this early period. Roger Penrose also adds fascinating detail about the psychology of mathematical discovery, explaining how he was very slow at school, needing extra time to think issues through for himself. The mystery of time, in physics and human consciousness, runs through the entire conversation, and lights up even the most technical aspects of the discussion.

These two video sessions explore the development of Sir Roger Penrose's thought over more than 60 years, ending with his most recent theories and predictions. In the second session, the emphasis shifts to the recent developments in Roger Penrose's thought. He gives a very clear outline of his argument for Conformal Cyclic Cosmology as the correct description of the Big Bang. However, the conversation turns once again to the precursors of these ideas in the 1950s, with new anecdotes about Dirac and the origin of Roger Penrose's geometrical innovations. Bringing the discussion up to the present moment, Roger Penrose describes the impact of recent observations of primordial magnetic fields and also addresses the significance of his own predictions for the form of dark matter. In a closing segment, the discussion turns to the current discoveries in neurology and biophysics relevant to Roger Penrose's theory of microtubules as advanced in Shadows of the Mind. The discussion ends tantalisingly with renewed speculation on the foundations of quantum mechanics and its relation to general relativity. Non-experts will relish Sir Roger Penrose's comment that 'To me eternity is not such a long time'.

These two video sessions explore the development of Sir Roger Penrose's thought over more than 60 years, ending with his most recent theories and predictions. In the first session, Roger Penrose explains the impact of his time at Cambridge in the 1950s. The interview brings out his highly unconventional choice of subjects for deep study, which completely ignored the boundary between 'pure' and 'applied' mathematics. Those familiar with his world-leading development of relativity theory in the 1960s may be surprised to learn how much he was influenced by quantum theory in the 1950s, and also by the early origin of his new ideas. Roger Penrose explains the influence of Dirac, Sciama and other leading figures of the 1950s, and goes on to characterise the emergence of twistor theory. Non-experts will be interested to hear how the ideas of his best-known work, The Emperor's New Mind, also had an origin in this early period. Roger Penrose also adds fascinating detail about the psychology of mathematical discovery, explaining how he was very slow at school, needing extra time to think issues through for himself. The mystery of time, in physics and human consciousness, runs through the entire conversation, and lights up even the most technical aspects of the discussion.

These two video sessions explore the development of Sir Roger Penrose’s thought over more than 60 years, ending with his most recent theories and predictions. In the second session, the emphasis shifts to the recent developments in Roger Penrose's thought. He gives a very clear outline of his argument for Conformal Cyclic Cosmology as the correct description of the Big Bang. However, the conversation turns once again to the precursors of these ideas in the 1950s, with new anecdotes about Dirac and the origin of Roger Penrose’s geometrical innovations. Bringing the discussion up to the present moment, Roger Penrose describes the impact of recent observations of primordial magnetic fields and also addresses the significance of his own predictions for the form of dark matter. In a closing segment, the discussion turns to the current discoveries in neurology and biophysics relevant to Roger Penrose’s theory of microtubules as advanced in Shadows of the Mind. The discussion ends tantalisingly with renewed speculation on the foundations of quantum mechanics and its relation to general relativity. Non-experts will relish Sir Roger Penrose’s comment that 'To me eternity is not such a long time'.

Andrew Hodges (author of Alan Turing: The Enigma) delivers a lecture on Alan Turing, the founder of modern computer science, as part of LGBT month. The British mathematician Alan Turing, whose centenary falls this year, was the founder of modern computer science. He was also the chief scientific figure in the Anglo-American codebreaking effort in World War II, centred on Bletchley Park. His life as a gay man illustrates the harsh oppression but also the growing consciousness of that era.

Andrew Hodges (author of Alan Turing: The Enigma) delivers a lecture on Alan Turing, the founder of modern computer science. This is the third annual lecture for LGBT history month. The British mathematician Alan Turing, whose centenary falls this year, was the founder of modern computer science. He was also the chief scientific figure in the Anglo-American codebreaking effort in World War II, centred on Bletchley Park. His life as a gay man illustrates the harsh oppression but also the growing consciousness of that era.