Wouldn’t you know it? Today marks what would have been Alan Turing’s 100th birthday. This man was not only immensely influential in the development of computer science and cryptanalysis, he is also considered the father of Artificial Intelligence. In fact, words like “algorithm” and “computation” are traced to him, as was the development of the […]
A Tribute to Alan Turing
by storiesbywilliams on June 23, 2012 in Books, News, Series and tagged Cryptonomicon, Tupac Shakur, world war II, u-boats, alan turing, cryptography, turing test, socrates, bletchley park, turing machine, cryptanalysis, galileo, oppenheimer, ICONS: The Lesbian and Gay History of the World, enigma machine, enigma code, battle of the atlantic, Charles Babbage's Difference Engine, ACE (Automatic Computing Engine), National Physical Laboratory, Government Code and Cypher School (GCCS), Alan Turing Way, Alan Turing Bridge, Breaking the Code
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