{"product_id":"the-man-who-knew-too-much","title":"The Man Who Knew Too Much","description":"\u003cp\u003eTo solve one of the great mathematical problems of his day, Alan Turing proposed an imaginary computer. Then, attempting to break a Nazi code during World War II, he successfully designed and built one, thus ensuring the Allied victory. Turing became a champion of artificial intelligence, but his work was cut short. As an openly gay man at a time when homosexuality was illegal in England, he was convicted and forced to undergo a humiliating \"treatment\" that may have led to his suicide.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith a novelist's sensitivity, David Leavitt portrays Turing in all his humanity--his eccentricities, his brilliance, his fatal candor--and elegantly explains his work and its implications.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"W. W. Norton \u0026 Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48836062150861,"sku":"9780393329094","price":27.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0557\/1529\/9533\/files\/imageloader_dfc87282-483f-4f41-aef5-4d207d5c4f26.jpg?v=1790991915","url":"https:\/\/booksatmidnight.com\/products\/the-man-who-knew-too-much","provider":"Books At Midnight","version":"1.0","type":"link"}