Remember Alan Turing

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Alan Turing, the Manchester computer pioneer, will be celebrated in his home city 100 years after his birth. Largely ignored by the establishment during his lifetime – he was persecuted for being gay and prosecuted for having a relationship with a man – there will be a year of celebrations marking the centenary of Turing's birth.
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Turing led efforts to decode German U-boat communications and went on to lay the foundations of modern computing. He made many of his greatest discoveries while working at Manchester University after the war and became known as the father of computer science. The scientist, born in 1912, developed early computer software and made huge leaps in artificial intelligence.

After having to endure humiliating hormone treatment, he took his life at his home in Wilmslow in 1954, aged 41. The Grauniad)
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A key figure in the development of the computer on which so many of us depend for our jobs today - hounded to his death by narrow-minded, insecure bigots :(
 
I'd never heard of him until he came up in a lecture I had on Quantum computing last night, such a shame that so many great minds always seem to be forgotten or swept under the rug for one reason or another.
 
That's the sad thing about it all, ironically he's going to be remembered, and still probably is known more now, for being the injustice of his treatment rather than for what he contributed.
 
if he was alive today, he would be lauded as a genius,
the way he was treated is a shame on this country.
without him and the others at Bletchley Park, how much longer would World War ii have lasted, and how many more lives would have been lost?
better late than never
 
j.col said:
if he was alive today, he would be lauded as a genius
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He still is. Especially in the field of computer science.

tom_e said:
I'd never heard of him until he came up in a lecture I had on Quantum computing last night, such a shame that so many great minds always seem to be forgotten or swept under the rug for one reason or another.
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Swept under the rug? One of the world's most famous mathematicians and computer scientists. His name comes up all the time, even in mainstream news whenever AI is spoken about.

Greenlizard0 said:
That's the sad thing about it all, ironically he's going to be remembered, and still probably is known more now, for being the injustice of his treatment rather than for what he contributed.
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No, I'd say most people remember him for his massive contribution at Bletchly Park and to computer science. :/

Am I the only one who sees this? :confused:
 
SiriusB said:
No, I'd say most people remember him for his massive contribution at Bletchly Park and to computer science. :/

Am I the only one who sees this? :confused:
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Here, most people are thinking like us.

However you realise sadly that for the majority of people this probably isn't the case.
 
tom_e said:
I'd never heard of him until he came up in a lecture I had on Quantum computing last night, such a shame that so many great minds always seem to be forgotten or swept under the rug for one reason or another.
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What are you studying? How did you get as far as quantum computing without hearing about him?
 
I've heard of him obviously, but this is the first time I knew about him being a fag. Sounds like OP is making a big deal about nothing. Who cares what he was? He was an extraordinarily clever guy.

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