Time

...unsung heroes of World War II Turing's work even laid the foundation for the creation of modern computers, leading Time magazine to name him one of the 100 most important people of the 20th century. 'Everyone who taps at a keyboard,...

In this article: Alan Turing, Gordon Brown, John Graham-Cumming, Mathematics, World War II, Sherborne, Bletchley Park, and Andrew Hodges

...cyanide. In 2004, a blue plaque was placed on the house in his honour.. In 1999 Time Magazine named him as one of the 100 Most Important People of the 20th Century. Richard Fleeshman Actor and singer-songwriter grew up in the area, and...

In this article: Wilmslow High School, Wilmslow, Alan Turing, Cheshire, Aston Martin, Alan Garner, and Martin Bell

..."I'm Sorry!" to Alan Turing Chances are most of you know what the Turing Test is, and therefore have a passable familiarity with Alan Turing, one of Time Magazine's 100 Most Important People of the 20th century. For most people, knowledge of...

In this article: Alan Turing, UK, Time Magazine, Turing Test, and Bletchley Park

...is working on an incarnation of a Turing machine," and that "John von Neumann buil on the work of Alan Turing" (Davis 2000:193 quoting Time magazine of 29 March 1999). Davis makes a case that Turing's Automatic Computing Engine (ACE) computer...

In this article: Alan Turing, John von Neumann, Hao Wang, Time Magazine, Cadre, and John Mauchly

...which has recently enjoyed a good run of success. Time Magazine published, in 2000, a list of what it considered the most 'influential and important' people of the twentieth century. In a list of one hundred names, King's was the only...

In this article: Eton College, King's College, King Henry VI, Cambridge, University of Cambridge, King's College, Cambridge, Jim Hacker, Salman Rushdie, and Winchester College

...formalisation of the concept of the algorithm and computation with the Turing machine. In 1999, ''Time Magazine '' named Turing as one of the 100 Most Important People of the 20th Century for his role in the creation of the modern computer,...

In this article: Alan Mathison Turing, Bletchley Park, Mathematics, University of Manchester, Cambridge, Suicide, and Second World War