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Primary Studies
Prior to attending higher education, Alan Turing had a great passion for science. He often tinkered with Chemistry and theorized about relativity and quantum mechanics -
Birth
Alan Turing was born in Paddington, London -
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Higher Education
After his primary education, Alan Turing applied and was accepted into the King's College at Cambridge University -
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Beginning of Computer Science Education
While in college, Alan Turing studied various fields of mathematics including probability and mathematical logic, all of which would play a vital role in developing his greatest creation, the turing machine. During his time in college, Turing also was elected as a fellow of King's for his powerful dissertation on proving the central limit theorem, which is still used today in Computer Science, Calculus, Probability and Informatics -
Turing Machines
Alan Turing finds a more simple and direct way to carry out Kurt Godels Arithmetic model with his own abstract ideas, thus resulting in Turing Machines, a mathematical model that can replicate or solve a math problem if presented in the form of an algorithm -
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Post-Grad
During this time, Turing studied at Princeton University and began to to learn about Cryptology and even built an electro-mechanical binary multiplier -
WWII
WWII begins -
Cryptography in War
As the war began between Germany and England, Turing focused his attention on decrypting and solving the Enigma as well as improving current decryption methods used by England and Poland. -
German Naval Enigma Crackd
Alan Turing finally solves a crucial aspect of the German Naval Engma Code -
Banburismus
On the same night that Alan Turing solved a crucial aspect to the German Naval Enigma Code, he also created a mathematical technique called Banburismus. It is a statistical sequential technique that helped him to further solve the GNEC -
Evolving technology
While trying the solve the German Enigma Code, Turing also proposed a variety of ways to improve current technology (creating electronic based technology) so that it would be able to carry out mechanical tasks far more quickly -
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Turingery
Turing develops another mathematical method for Cryptoanalysis called Turingery aka Turing's Method. With this method, Turing was able to crack and solve some of the Germans' Secret Writing Machines -
Turing Test
Alan Truing became more philosophical during his later years and often discussed with other colleagues if a machine could mimic that of a human's mind. This lead to the Turing test, in which a person would ask another person and a machine (disguised) a series of questions. If the machine could fool the human asking the questions, it was deemed 'intelligent' and passed the Turing Test -
Court Trial
Alan Turing was caught engaging in Homosexual acts with another man and was taken to trial. He was found guilty and was forced to undergo chemical treatments and lost his security clearance. -
Tragic Death
Turing was found dead in his bedroom by housemaids. Based on forensic analysis tests, it appeared he committed suicide by ingesting cyanide
