Alan Turing

You Ought to Be in Pictures: Ludwig Wittgenstein’s Work is Featured on Big Screen

Last year’s award-winning motion picture, The Imitation Game, told the story of the pioneering British computer scientist Alan Turing (1912–1954)…

7 years ago

For Alan Turing, the Code of Ethics is Decrypted At Last

He was a brilliant logician and pioneer in the field of computer science who cracked the secret messages sent by…

8 years ago

It’s All Logic: Martin Davis “Decodes” Alan Turing’s Pioneering Work

Alan Turing (1912–1954) was an English mathematician, logician, pioneer of computer science, and wartime code-breaker. He is credited with creating a design for the Automatic Computing…

9 years ago

Of Men and Machines: David Leavitt on How Alan Turing Had Computers Down to Science

English mathematician Alan Turing (1912–1954), was a pioneer of computer science and, although he never thought of himself as a philosopher, his…

9 years ago

Alan Turing’s 100th Birthday to be Celebrated at Cambridge University

A celebration to mark the 100th anniversary of Codebreaker and Computer Pioneer Alan Turing’s birth has been scheduled at King's College, Cambridge…

10 years ago

Alan Turing

Considered one of the three most influential British scientists of all time (along with Newton and Darwin), Alan Turing was…

110 years ago