📅 23 June 1912
Turing became a founder of theoretical computer science and made influential contributions to logic, cryptanalysis and artificial intelligence.
📅 23 June 1912
His abstract device clarified what it means for a procedure to be mechanically calculable.
📅 23 June 1912
At Bletchley Park, Turing and a large team used logic, statistics, engineering and intercepted communications against Nazi Germany.
📅 23 June 1912
His 1952 conviction and forced hormonal treatment show how a state could exploit mathematical talent while criminalizing the mathematician.
