Jack Copeland

Jack Copeland FRS NZ is Distinguished Professor in Arts at the University of Canterbury, New Zealand, where he is Director of the Turing Archive for the History of Computing. His recent biography Turing, Pioneer of the Information Age draws on many years of conversations with Turing's closest friends and colleagues, and he explores the complex character of this shy genius as well as describing the breadth and importance of Turing's legacy. His 2017 volume The Turing Guide has been described as "definitive".Copeland's other books include The Essential Turing; Artificial Intelligence; Colossus — The Secrets of Bletchley Park’s Codebreaking Computers; and Alan Turing’s Electronic Brain.