Comments on: Apology campaign for British Nazi code-breaker http://www.theworld.org/2009/08/19/apology-campaign-for-british-nazi-code-breaker/ Global Perspectives for an American Audience Fri, 19 Mar 2010 18:58:41 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Richard Gill http://www.theworld.org/2009/08/19/apology-campaign-for-british-nazi-code-breaker/comment-page-1/#comment-1418 Richard Gill Fri, 21 Aug 2009 18:33:07 +0000 http://www.theworld.org/?p=9839#comment-1418 The Stanford Encyclopaedia of Philosophy has a really good item on Alan Turing, http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/turing/ It gives a vivid picture of his genius - his enquiries into computers and code were just a part of his enquiry into what it means to think and to be. The Stanford Encyclopaedia of Philosophy has a really good item on Alan Turing,

http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/turing/

It gives a vivid picture of his genius – his enquiries into computers and code were just a part of his enquiry into what it means to think and to be.

]]> By: Katie Mills http://www.theworld.org/2009/08/19/apology-campaign-for-british-nazi-code-breaker/comment-page-1/#comment-1385 Katie Mills Thu, 20 Aug 2009 13:48:00 +0000 http://www.theworld.org/?p=9839#comment-1385 Thanks for this piece on Alan Turing. His place in code and computer history is huge, and yet I had no idea he was gay or suffered so from homophobia. This is an important part of history that I will pass on to my media studies students. Great piece! Professor Katie Mills Thanks for this piece on Alan Turing. His place in code and computer history is huge, and yet I had no idea he was gay or suffered so from homophobia. This is an important part of history that I will pass on to my media studies students. Great piece!
Professor Katie Mills

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