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Apr 12, 2024 · Alan Turing was a British mathematician and logician, a major contributor to mathematics, cryptanalysis, computer science, and artificial intelligence. He invented the universal Turing machine, an abstract computing machine that encapsulates the fundamental logical principles of the digital computer.
Alan Turing: an Introductory Biography . Andrew Hodges Wadharn College, University of Oxford . Summary. A short d( 'script.ion of the events and issues in the life of Alan Turing (1912-1954). The Turing Day cOllference at the Swiss Federal hlstitute of Technology, Lausanne, was held to mark the nilletieth a.JIni veninry of Alan Tmillg's birth,
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Feb 18, 2020 · Contributor. Internet Archive. Language. English. xxxi, 586 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : 20 cm. "This classic biography of the founder of computer science, reissued on the centenary of his birth with a substantial new preface by the author, is the definitive account of an extraordinary mind and life.
Jun 3, 2002 · 1. Outline of Life. Alan Turing's short and extraordinary life has attracted wide interest. It has inspired his mother's memoir (E. S. Turing 1959), a detailed biography (Hodges 1983), a play and television film (Whitemore 1986), and various other works of fiction and art.
Alan may have been among the more eccentric, but this now outdated approach to studying Bletchley’s achievement belittles the organisation which became GCHQ, and distracts attention from the ideas which Alan, among others, regarded as far more important than curious behaviour. I am sceptical about that solitary genius picture of Alan Turing.
Overview. Author (s) Praise. It is only a slight exaggeration to say that the British mathematician Alan Turing (1912–1954) saved the Allies from the Nazis, invented the computer and artificial intelligence, and anticipated gay liberation by decades—all before his suicide at age forty-one.
Mar 5, 2022 · Alan Turing : the enigma of intelligence. by. Hodges, Andrew, 1949-. Publication date. 1985. Topics. Turing, Alan, 1912-1954, Turing, Alan Mathison, (1912-1954), Turing, Alan Mathison, Mathematicians -- Great Britain -- Biography, 31.01 history of mathematics, Mathematicians, Biografie, Wiskundigen, Mathématiciens -- Grande-Bretagne ...
