Alan Mathison Turing (1912-1954)
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Description: British mathematician, cryptographer, and one of the key inventors of the modern computer. After his profound contributions to helping win World War II, he was persecuted for his homosexuality by his own government, and driven to suicide. Maintained by Turing biographer Andrew Hodges: extensive resources and links, online versions of several long essays on Turing.
Website maintained by biographer Founder of computer science, mathematician, philosopher, codebreaker, strange visionary and a gay man before his time: ...a quite brilliant mathematician... whose unique contribution helped to turn the tide of war... horrifying that he was treated so inhumanely...
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| Page title: | Alan Turing: the enigma |
| Keywords: | Alan Turing, computer, mathematician, inventor, ciphers, cracking codes, Second World War, enigma, philosophy, artificial intelligence, Turing machine, homosexual, gay |
| Description: | Alan Turing (1912-1954). Large website by Andrew Hodges, biographer. |
| IP-address: | 194.168.19.17 |