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Birth of Alan Turing
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Entered Cambridge University
Was able to earn a full scholarship and went to school which setup for his future success in math. -
Went to Princeton and wrote "On Computable Numbers"
The paper detailed mathematical procedures that could be converted to work on computers eventually to become the "Turing Machine" -
Returned to England and recruited during WW2
British government recruited Turing to decipher German communications -
Developed the program for Mark I
Created the code for the general purpose computer developed in Manchester University -
Developed Turing Test
Created a set of criteria to determine if a machine is intelligent -
Death by Cyanide Poisoning