Alan M Turing, Hero

• Helped to found theoretical CS

  • 1936, before digital computers existed

• Helped to found practical CS

  • wartime work decoding Enigma machines
  • ACE Report, 1946

• Helped to found practical AI

  • first (simulated) chess program

• Helped to found theoretical AI …

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There are some excellent resources on Alan Turing

There is a biography by Hodges, Alan Turing: The Enigma

A play of his life is called ‘Breaking the Code’.

An excellent web page is maintained also by Hodges.