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Name: Alan Mathison Turing
Birth Date: June 23, 1912
Death Date: June, 1954
Place of Birth: London, England
Place of Death: Manchester, England
Nationality: English
Gender: Male
Occupations: mathematician

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Biography of Alan Mathison Turing
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The British mathematician Alan Mathison Turing (1912-1954) was noted for his contributions to mathematical logic and to the early theory, construction, and use of computers. Alan Turing was born in London, England, on June 23, 1912. Both his parents...
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Biography of Alan M. Turing
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Alan Turing was one of the leading theoreticians of digital computer science during the 1930s, 1940s, and 1950s. Throughout his life, he used mathematics as a way to explore whether nature, including human thought, worked like a machine. He is...
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Biography of Alan Turing
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Alan Turing is recognized as a pioneer in computer theory. His classic 1936 paper, "On Computable Numbers, with an Application to the Entscheidungs Problem," detailed a machine that served as a model for the first working computers. During World War...
 


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Alan Turing ( 23 June 1912 - 7 June 1954 ) was a British mathematician and cryptographer , considered to be one of the fathers of modern computer science . Contents 1 Sourced 2 Unsourced 3 Quotes about Turing 4 External links // Sourced Instruction...


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Turing, Alan Summary
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Alan Mathison Turing (1912–1954), the founder of modern computer science and an important World War II cryptanalyst, was born in London on June 23. He died near Manchester, England, on June 7. His short life illustrates the ethical conflicts and...
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Turing, Alan M. (1912–1954) Summary
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Turing, Alan M.(1912 s New Mind. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1989. Teuscher, C., ed. Alan Turing: Life and Legacy of a Great Thinker. Berlin: Springer,...
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Alan M. Turing. British Mathematician and Cryptographer 1912–1954 Alan Mathison Turing was one of the leading theoreticians in computer science. Turing was something of a visionary in that his hypothetical "Turing...
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Alan Turing Summary
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1912-1954 English Mathematician The English mathematician Alan Turing is best known for his pioneering work in the area of computers and artificial intelligence. His concept of the Universal Turing Machine helped the allies break the German Enigma code...
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Alan Turing Information
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Alan Mathison Turing, OBE, FRS (pronounced /ˈtjʊərɪŋ/, 23 June 1912 – 7 June 1954) was an English mathematician, logician, and cryptographer. Turing is often considered to be the father of modern computer science. Turing provided an...
 


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The Washington Post
ALAN TURING; The Oddball Who Changed the World
06/09/1999: 2,630 words, approx. 9 pages
No doubt about it: Even by the eccentric standards of Cambridge University in the 1930s, Alan Turing was a mess. The young mathematics student wore a jacket and tie, of course, just as all students did in those days. But he managed to...
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Contemporary Review
Computing the Enigma of Alan Turing.(The Man Who Knew Too Much: Alan Turing and the Invention of the Computer)(Book review)
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The Man Who Knew Too Much: Alan Turing and the Invention of the Computer. David Leavitt. Weidenfeld & Nicolson. [pounds sterling]16.99. 319 pages. ISBN 13-978-0-297-84655-0. The English mathematician, Alan Turing, laid the foundations of the modern computer with his scientific paper, 'On...
 


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