Andrew Hodges

Andrew Hodges (born in London, 1949) is a mathematician, an author and a pioneer of the gay liberation movement of the 1970s. For the past decades (since 1972) Hodges has focused his research activities on the twistor theory — the new approach to the problems of fundamental physics pioneered by the mathematician Roger Penrose. He is perhaps best known as the author of "Alan Turing: The Enigma", the story of the extraordinary British computer pioneer and codebreaker. The book was listed as one of the essential 50 books of all time in the The Guardian, 1 June 2002 [ [http://www.guardian.co.uk/Archive/Article/0,4273,4425446,00.html"A library for all seasons" in "The Guardian" (June 1, 2002)] ] . He is also the author of works that popularize science and mathematics. He is currently a Tutorial Fellow of Wadham College, Oxford University.

References

Books by Andrew Hodges

* "Alan Turing: The Enigma", Vintage edition 1992, first published by Burnett Books Ltd, 1983, ISBN 0099116413
* "One to Nine: The Inner Life of Numbers", Short Books, London 2007, ISBN 1904977758
* "With downcast gays: Aspects of homosexual self-oppression", Pink Triangle Press 1977, ISBN 0920430007

External links

* [http://www.synth.co.uk/ Andrew Hodges' personal web site]
* [http://www.twistordiagrams.org.uk/ Twistor diagrams]

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