Alan turing, in full alan mathison turing, born june 23, 1912, london, englanddied june 7, 1954, wilmslow, cheshire, british mathematician and logician, who made major contributions to mathematics, cryptanalysis, logic, philosophy, and mathematical biology and also to the new areas later named computer science, cognitive science. Alan turingan english mathematician, logician, and cryptanalystwas a computer pioneer. Dao je doprinos konceptu algoritama i racunanja sa turingovom masinom. His father was part of a family of merchants from scotland. The essential turing seminal writings in computing, logic, philosophy, artificial intelligence, and artificial life plus the secrets of enigma edited by b. His mother, ethel sara, was the daughter of an engineer. Alan turing and the other theory of computation expanded. Alans mother, ethel sara stoney, was the daughter of the chief engineer of the madras railways and alans parents had met and married in. Alan turing was a famous mathematician and world war ii cryptanalyst, working for the british government. Turing was highly influential in the development of theoretical computer science, providing a formalisation of the concepts of algorithm and computation with the turing machine, which. Outline 1 infancia y juventud 2 cambridge y princeton. This short biography, based on the entry for the written in 1995 for the oxford dictionary of scientific biography, gives an overview of alan turing s life and work. Turing the essential turing seminal writings in computing.
Alan turing views and opinions historys heroes from e2bn. His father, julius mathison turing, was a british member of the indian civil service and he was often abroad. Alan turing and the other theory of computation expanded lenore blum computer science department, carnegie mellon university abstract. Thousands of people have come together to demand justice for alan turing and recognition of the appalling way he was treated. We recognize alan turings work in the foundations of numerical com. This archive contains many of turings letters, talks, photographs and unpublished papers, as well as memoirs and obituaries written about him.
Alan mathison turing was an english mathematician, logician, computer scientist, cryptographer, philosopher, marathon runner and british ultradistance runner. While turing was dealt with under the law of the time and we cant put the clock back, his treatment was of course utterly unfair and i am pleased to have the chance to say how deeply sorry i, and we all are for what happened to him. Find out more about mathematician and nazi codebreaker alan turing, including how he developed the precursor to the modern computer, at biography. For help with downloading a wikipedia page as a pdf, see help. Computing, logic, philosophy, artificial intelligence, and artificial life. He also had to do with the formalization of the concept of. The enigma of alan turing central intelligence agency. This codebreaking work significantly helped the allies to win the war especially the naval war in the atlantic. Find out more about mathematician and nazi codebreaker alan turing, including how he developed the precursor to the modern computer, at. On je takoder izmislio turingov stroj i po njemu je turingova nagrada dobila ime.
During the second world war, he was part of a top secret group of codebreakers who helped to break the german enigma machine. Alan turing 19121954 was a brilliant mathematician and pioneer of computer science. Alan mathison turing mactutor history of mathematics. Alan turing was born in maida vale, london on 23 june 1912. Computers would probably have been nonexistent if it wasnt for the famous british mathematician, alan turing. It can be read as s summary of my book alan turing. Za vrijeme drugog svjetskog rata je radio u bletchley parku i sagradio masinu pomocu koje su saveznici mogli citati njemacke poruke sifrirane preko uredaja enigma. Often remembered for his contributions to the fields of artificial intelligence and modern computer science before either even existed, turing is probably best known for what is now dubbed the turing test. Alan turing biography childhood, life achievements. Maragul ya impluwensiya king pamanalkus ning computer science, at minye yang pormalisasyon ning konseptuo ning algorithm ampong computation kapamilatan ning turing machine, a. Turing is wellknown for being one of the fathers of computer science and the forerunner of modern computing. The turing test, developed by alan turing in 1950, is a test of a machines ability to exhibit intelligent behaviour equivalent to, or indistinguishable from, that of a human.
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