1.0Department of Mathematics Bloghttps://www.mub.eps.manchester.ac.uk/maths-student-blogsLauren Teasdalehttps://www.mub.eps.manchester.ac.uk/maths-student-blogs/author/laurenteasdale/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="6bLnwtDN6k"><a href="https://www.mub.eps.manchester.ac.uk/maths-student-blogs/2020/03/alan-turing-1912-1954/">Alan Turing</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.mub.eps.manchester.ac.uk/maths-student-blogs/2020/03/alan-turing-1912-1954/embed/#?secret=6bLnwtDN6k" width="600" height="338" title="“Alan Turing” — Department of Mathematics Blog" data-secret="6bLnwtDN6k" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); /* ]]> */ </script> https://www.mub.eps.manchester.ac.uk/maths-student-blogs/wp-content/uploads/sites/23/2019/07/Alan-T.jpg1920628In this historical feature we explore Alan Turing (1912-1954) and his influential work. Alan Turing is considered to be the father of modern computing and artificial intelligence. His concept of the Turing machine is still one of the most widely examined theories of computation. His early work was undertaken at King’s College, Cambridge where he […]