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The collected works of Turing, including a substantial amount of unpublished material, will comprise four volumes: Mechanical Intelligence, Pure Mathematics, Morphogenesis and Mathematical Logic. Alan Mathison Turing (1912-1954) was a brilliant man who made major contributions in several areas of science. Today his name is mentioned frequently in philosophical discussions about the nature of Artificial Intelligence. Actually, he was a pioneer researcher in computer architecture and software engineering; his work in pure mathematics and mathematical logic extended considerably further and his last work, on morphogenesis in plants, is also acknowledged as being of the greatest originality and of permanent importance. He was one of the leading figures in Twentieth-century science, a fact which would have been known to the general public sooner but for the British Official Secrets Act, which prevented discussion of his wartime work. What is maybe surprising about these papers is that although they were written decades ago, they address major issues which concern researchers today.
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Collected Works of A.M. Turing MORPHOGENESIS Collected Works of A.M. Mechanical Turing Intelligence Edited by D . C . INCE Pure Mathematics Edited by J.L. BRITTON Morphogenesis Edited by P.T. SAUNDERS Mathematical Logic Edited by R.O. G A N D Y and C.E.M. YATES NORTH-HOLLAND AMSTERDAM · LONDON · NEW YORK · TOKYO Collected Works of A.M. Turing MORPHOGENESIS Edited by P.T. SAUNDERS King's College, London, United Kingdom 1992 NORTH-HOLLAND AMSTERDAM · L O N D O N · NEW YORK · TOKYO E L S E V I E R S C I E N C E P U B L I S H E R S B.V. Sara Burgerhartstraat 25 P . O . Box 2 1 1 , 1000 A E A m s t e r d a m , N e t h e r l a n d s ISBN: 0 444 88486 6 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication D a t a T u r i n g , Alan M a t h i s o n , 1912-1954. Morphogenesis / edited by P . T . S a u n d e r s . p. c m . -- (Collected works of A . M . Turing) Includes bibliographical references a n d index. ISBN 0-444-88486-6 1. P l a n t morphogenesis. 2. P l a n t m o r p h o g e n e s i s - M a t h e m a t i c a l models. 3 . Phyllotaxis. 4. Phyllotaxis—Mathematical m o d e l s . I. S a u n d e r s , P . T . (Peter T i m o t h y ) , 1939. II. Series: T u r i n g , A l a n M a t h i s o n , 1912-1954. W o r k s . 1990. QK665.T87 1992 581.4-dc20 91-34306 CIP Acknowledgement is gratefully m a d e t o t h e Royal Society for permission t o reprint " T h e Chemical Basis of Morphogenesis in P l a n t s " , Phil. T r a n s . R. Soc. L o n d o n Β 237 (1952) 3 7 - 7 2 . © 1992 Elsevier Science Publishers B.V. All rights reserved. N o p a r t of this publication m a y be r e p r o d u c e d , stored in a retrieval system, o r t r a n s m i t t e d , in a n y form or by any m e a n s , electronic, mechanical, p h o t o c o p y i n g , recording or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the publisher, Elsevier Science Publishers B.V., Copyright a n d Permissions D e p a r t m e n t , P . O . Box 5 2 1 , 1000 A M A m s t e r d a m , N e t h e r l a n d s . Special regulations for readers in the U . S . A . - This publication has been registered with the Copyright Clearance Center I n c . ( C C C ) , Salem, Massachusetts. I n f o r m a t i o n c a n be obtained from the C C C a b o u t conditions u n d e r which p h o t o c o p i e s of p a r t s of this publication m a y be m a d e in the U . S . A . All other copyright questions, including p h o t o c o p y i n g outside of the U . S . A . , should be referred t o the publisher, unless otherwise specified. N o responsibility is assumed by the publisher for any injury