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Offline OneTampa

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Alan Turing, Mathematician, recognized by Google...
« on: June 22, 2012, 10:42:32 pm »







Alan Turing was a genius and computer scientist who came up with way to do calculations via an early incarnation of a computer.  Unfortunately he died at 41.  Also underwent what amounted to chemical castration as punishment for being gay.

So a gay man was a pioneer for these computers we use today.

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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-18350956

http://content.usatoday.com/communities/technologylive/post/2012/06/google-doodle-honors-alan-turing/1#.T-Uss8XpZ3V
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Re: Alan Turing, Mathmatician, recognized by Google...
« Reply #1 on: June 23, 2012, 06:55:11 am »
I have an elderly (very elderly) friend who, as a young woman, worked at Bletchley Park during the war. She would never talk much about her time there and I never got to ask her if she knew Mr Turing. I haven't seen her in a couple years now - I really must go visit her sometime soon.

Very nice that Google gave Mr Turing some recognition.
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Re: Alan Turing, Mathematician, recognized by Google...
« Reply #2 on: June 23, 2012, 10:08:28 am »
Wow Ann.  I can only imagine the chat you two will have and the stories she could tell.

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Re: Alan Turing, Mathematician, recognized by Google...
« Reply #3 on: June 27, 2012, 12:48:52 am »
Was there a movie about his life?
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Re: Alan Turing, Mathematician, recognized by Google...
« Reply #4 on: June 28, 2012, 10:56:56 pm »
Quote from: red_Dragon888 on June 27, 2012, 12:48:52 am
Was there a movie about his life?

Yes.  The movie is entitled: Codebreaker.

Link to movie trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-GaKUAGSmmw&feature=related
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Re: Alan Turing, Mathematician, recognized by Google...
« Reply #5 on: July 01, 2012, 01:09:19 pm »
I was thinking of the movie "Breaking the Code," staring Sir Derek Jacobi.  I saw that movie and it was great, and I will try to see Codebreaker soon.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0115749/

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Breaking the Code: Biography of Alan Turing (Derek Jacobi, BBC, 1996)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S23yie-779k

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0115749/
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Re: Alan Turing, Mathematician, recognized by Google...
« Reply #6 on: July 01, 2012, 05:54:45 pm »
I just saw Codebreaker and it is really good.  I prefer to think that he was killed instead of suicide. Funny, I have just finished looking at Foyle's War series and this was a nice addition to the post war events.  Being Gay in the 1930's must have been easier than in the 1950's. 
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