NPR: Alan Turing turns 100
Thoughts on a war hero whose country turned on him.
It's no exaggeration to say that Alan Turing was one of the most influential figures of the 20th century. Regarded as the father of computer science and artificial intelligence, he also made ground-breaking contributions to the
This Saturday, June 23rd, would have marked the 100th birthday of Alan Turing. A visionary mathematician, logician and codebreaker, Turing was a pioneer in the fields of computer science and artificial intelligence.
In a doodle celebrating the 100th birthday of Alan Turing tomorrow, Google creates a conundrum that the majority of humanity simply won't understand. This is a good thing. Read this blog post by Chris Matyszczyk on
Alan Turing, known as the father of computing, was born in England 100 years ago this week.








