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Although he was in England at the time if it wasn’t for Alan Turing the world would be a different place. Without his contribution Americans would not only be speaking German but may even be under the power of Germany. Turing played a crucial role in the victory over Germany in world war 2, but that’s not all he did. Alan Turing, mathematician and educator, is known for practically inventing modern computers and breaking the German Enigma code. Turing was born on June 23rd, 1912 in London, England. From a young age his teachers could tell that he was special when it came to mathematics and sciences. When in highschool at a private school his teachers began to focus on literatures more than mathematics and science. Turing then took it uoin himself to learn theoretical mathematics. For college he attended Cambridge to continue his education in mathematics. In 1936 he published a paper that was essentially the foundation of his program for computers. The paper was entitled, “On Computable Numbers, with an Application to the Entscheidungsproblem.” The modern computer is practically based on his paper. Turing named it the, “Universal Turing Machine.” After his fellowship at King’s College he then furthered his education again by earning a Ph.D. from …show more content…

This work was done at Bletchley Park. During this time he made five very important advances in the field of cryptanalysis. After successfully breaking the enigma code, he then wrote two papers on breaking codes which would help the Government Communications Headquarters. Turing ended up back in London in the fortys to work at the National Physical Laboratory. Here he started what would be the groundwork that would help others later invent a personal computer. In 1950 he wrote another paper over artificial intelligence and also created an expirement called, “the Turing Test.” This experiment would influence several debates over

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