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Turing gets more credit in popular culture, but academically Church is more influential. Just look at the list of Church's PhD students: http://www.genealogy.am
by fmap 10y ago
Turing gets more credit in popular culture, but academically Church is more influential. Just look at the list of Church's PhD students: http://www.genealogy.ams.org/id.php?id=8011 http://www.genealogy.ams.org/id.php?id=8011
I have no clue why Turing became such a pop-culture icon, though...
- mehaveaccount 10y ago>I have no clue why Turing became such a pop-culture icon, though... Turing had personal attributes that culture-makers in NY and Hollywood want to promote to people.
- krapp 10y agoTuring doesn't really have the status of a pop-culture icon. Outside of the phrase "Turing complete", and maybe historical accounts around breaking the Enigma, I doubt most people have even heard of him. He's definitely more known than Alonzo Church, though.
- lou1306 10y agoWhat about "The Imitation Game"? I suppose that movie made Turing a quite well known figure, especially viz. Church.