[TUHS] Alan Turing and his computable numbers

Dave Horsfall dave at horsfall.org
Mon May 28 08:34:05 AEST 2018


On this day in 1936, notable mathematician Alan Turing submitted his 
thesis "On Computable Numbers", thereby laying the foundations for today's 
computers.

Sigh; if only he hadn't eaten that apple...  And we'll never know whether 
it was murder or suicide.

-- Dave



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