Computer pioneer Alan Turing
Title:
Computer pioneer Alan Turing
Date:
1951
Accession:
L062302009
Description:
Alan Turing, one of the most brilliant mathematical minds of the twentieth century, led the team that broke some of the secret codes used by the German military during World War II. After the war, Turing studied the idea of “building a brain” and developed a theoretical computer chess program as an example of machine intelligence.