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AlanTuring.net: The Turing Archive for the History of Computing URL: http://www.alanturing.net/ Description: Alan Turing (1912-1954) "contributed to mathematics, cryptanalysis, logic, philosophy, biology, and formatively to computer science, cognitive science, Artificial Intelligence and Artificial Life." This site presents a "collection of digital facsimiles of original documents by Turing and other pioneers of computing." Includes a biography and photographs of Turing, articles browsable by subject and year, and reference materials covering the Turing machine, Turing's involvement in deciphering Hitler’s "Enigma" code, his persecution for being homosexual, and more. Author: Copeland, Jack; Aston, Gordon Publisher: Turing Project Extra Keywords AI notablemathematicians Library of Congress Subject Headings: Artificial intelligence Computer science -- History Gays Mathematicians -- Great Britain People Turing, Alan Mathison, 1912-1954 LII Database Information: Record 3326 created by Sybil Finemel on 06/14/2003 Last modification on 09/29/2004 Published: 06/14/2003 Funding agency: California State Library LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/3326 |