Essay on the life of Alan Turing and a discription of his life work.

Alan Turing Alan Mathison Turing (1912-1954) was a British mathematician who pioneered the basics of computer theory. Alan was born London and attended school at both Cambridge and Princeton universities. In 1936, Turing published a paper called "On Computable Numbers," which introduced the concept of the Turing machine. The Turing machine was a theoretical computing device, which could theoretically perform any mathematical calculation. Soon after, he chose to study artificial intelligence and biological forms. He proposed …showed first 75 words of 906 total…

…showed last 75 words of 906 total…MacTuror History of Mathematics Archive offers information on the life and work of British Mathematician Alan Turing 2.http://ei.cs.vt.edu/~history/Turing.html a.This privately maintained site includes a biography and an interview with Alan Turing. 3.http://www.turing.org.uk/turing a.This privately maintained site includes a chronology of British mathematician Alan Turing's life, a brief biography with descriptions of his work, an in-depth scrapbook, and links to related sties.