Alan Turing

By: Projeet Mukherjee

Alan Turing was born in London on June 23,
1912. Turing had one brother named John. His
parents names were Julius Mathinson Turin
(Dad) and Ethel Sara Turin (Mom). In his
childhood Turing did not get to see his parents
much because they were always traveling
between other places in England and India.
While his parents were gone, Turing and his
brother stayed at an army couples house. At
the age of six Turing was enrolled in St.
Michaels day school. Many teachers began to
notice Turings talent in studies. When
thirteen, Turing started going to Sherborne
School, which was a well-known school. He was
so determined to go to school that he used to
ride his bike, alone, sixty miles to his school. At
school, Turing was not a favorite of the
teachers, because he only specialized in math
and science. The teachers at Sherborne wanted
him to be good at all subjects, not just the ones
he liked. When he turned sixteen, Turing was
introduced to the work of Albert Einstein. He
was very interested in Einstein and he read a
lot of his famous works. Turing then went to
Kings College and got a first-class honor in
math. Turing then went to Princeton and got

more honors there. After college Turing

invented the Turing Machine. The Turing
Machine helps scientists to figure out the limits
of mechanical computation. Turing died on June
8, 1954 because of cyanide poisoning.
Alan Turing was a huge contributor to
science because he invented many things. He
invented four amazing devices during world
war two that allowed the US to translate coded
messages from other countries. They were
called the Turing-Welchman Bombe, the Hut 8
and Naval Enigma, the Turingery, and the
Secure Speech Device. He also invented the
Turing Machine. The Turing Machine is an
amazing invention, and it is still use. The Turing
Machine allows scientists to figure out limits of
mechanical computation, as said before. Turing
also invented the LU Decomposition, which is
used in math. It allows you to solve problems
that have things called matrixes in them. It is
very helpful, and is used today by computers to
solve square linear equations. Alan Turing was
very helpful, and he invented a lot of things.
Hopefully, he will be remembered in the future.
Sources:
http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/turing/
http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/people/alan_turin
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