A Madman Dreams of Turing Machines
| Author | Janna Levin |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Genre | Historical fiction |
| Publisher | Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group |
Publication date | 2007 |
| Pages | 240 |
| ISBN | 9781-4000-32402 |
| OCLC | 173851874 |
A Madman Dreams of Turing Machines is a 2006 book by Janna Levin that contrasts fictionalized accounts of the lives and ideas of Kurt Gödel and Alan Turing (who never met). The book won several awards, including the PEN/Bingham Fellowship Prize for Writers and the MEA Mary Shelley Award for Outstanding Fictional Work. It was also a runner-up for the Hemingway Foundation/PEN Award.