Alan Turing - Revision history

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‎See also

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‎After the war

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‎Prosecution and death

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‎Second World War

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−	'''Alan Mathison Turing''', OBE, FRS (/ˈtjʊərɪŋ/; 23 June 1912 – 7 June 1954) was a British pioneering [[Computer science\|computer scientist]], [[Mathematics\|mathematician]], [[Logic\|logician]], cryptanalyst, mathematical biologist, and marathon and ultra distance runner.	+	[[File:Alan_Turing_az_1930-as_években.jpg\|thumb\|Alan Turing (1930s).]]'''Alan Mathison Turing''', OBE, FRS (/ˈtjʊərɪŋ/; 23 June 1912 – 7 June 1954) was a British pioneering [[Computer science\|computer scientist]], [[Mathematics\|mathematician]], [[Logic\|logician]], cryptanalyst, mathematical biologist, and marathon and ultra distance runner.

	== Life ==		== Life ==

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 * [[Computer science]]
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 * [[Mathematics]]
 * [[Turing completeness]]

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 == After the war ==
-After the war, he worked at the National Physical Laboratory, where he designed the ACE, among the first designs for a stored-program computer. In 1948 Turing joined Max Newman's Computing Laboratory at the University of Manchester, where he helped develop the Manchester computers and became interested in mathematical biology. He wrote a paper on the chemical basis of morphogenesis, and predicted oscillating chemical reactions such as the Belousov–Zhabotinsky reaction, first observed in the 1960s.
+After the war, he worked at the National Physical Laboratory, where he designed the ACE, among the first designs for a stored-program computer.
 == Prosecution and death ==

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 == See also ==
 * [[Computer science]]
 * [[Computer scientist]]

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 == Prosecution and death ==
-Turing was prosecuted in 1952 for homosexual acts, when such behaviour was still a criminal act in the UK. He accepted treatment with oestrogen injections (chemical castration) as an alternative to prison. Turing died in 1954, 16 days before his 42nd birthday, from cyanide poisoning. An inquest determined his death a suicide, but it has been noted that the known evidence is equally consistent with accidental poisoning. In 2009, following an Internet campaign, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown made an official public apology on behalf of the British government for "the appalling way he was treated". Queen Elizabeth II granted him a posthumous pardon in 2013.
+Turing was prosecuted in 1952 for homosexual acts, when such behaviour was still a criminal act in the UK.
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 == Second World War ==
-During the Second World War, Turing worked for the Government Code and Cypher School (GC&CS) at Bletchley Park, Britain's codebreaking centre. For a time he led Hut 8, the section responsible for German naval cryptanalysis. He devised a number of techniques for breaking German ciphers, including improvements to the pre-war Polish bombe method, an electromechanical machine that could find settings for the Enigma machine. Turing played a pivotal role in cracking intercepted coded messages that enabled the Allies to defeat the Nazis in many crucial engagements, including the Battle of the Atlantic; it has been estimated that this work shortened the war in Europe by as many as two to four years.
+During the Second World War, Turing worked for the Government Code and Cypher School (GC&CS) at [[Bletchley Park]], Britain's codebreaking centre.
 == After the war ==

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 * [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Turing Alan Turing] @ Wikipedia
 [[Category:Computer scientists]]
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	* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Turing Alan Turing] @ Wikipedia		* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Turing Alan Turing] @ Wikipedia
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