Friday, June 29, 2012

UK lawmakers call for Alan Turing banknote tribute

(AP) – 1 minute ago. LONDON (AP) — A group of British lawmakers is calling for World War II code-breaker and computing pioneer Alan Turing to be commemorated on a banknote. This year marks the centenary of the birth of Turing, who helped crack secret

Thoughts on a war hero whose country turned on him.

This Saturday, June 23rd, would have marked the 100th birthday of Alan Turing. A visionary mathematician, logician and codebreaker, Turing was a pioneer in the fields of computer science and artificial intelligence.

It's no exaggeration to say that Alan Turing was one of the most influential figures of the 20th century. Regarded as the father of computer science and artificial intelligence, he also made ground-breaking contributions to the

(AP) – 1 minute ago. LONDON (AP) — A group of British lawmakers is calling for World War II code-breaker and computing pioneer Alan Turing to be commemorated on a banknote. This year marks the centenary of the birth of Turing, who helped crack secret

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