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Very cool. But somebody's line in the trailer kind of implied he broke the german codes. AFAIK, it was done in Poland just before the invasion. Even the first "
by alecco 16y ago
Very cool. But somebody's line in the trailer kind of implied he broke the german codes. AFAIK, it was done in Poland just before the invasion. Even the first "bomba" was Polish.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cryptanalysis_of_the_Enigma http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cryptanalysis_of_the_Enigma
I'd praise Turing on his last work on self-organizing life. That's still not very well recognized and might be his most important contribution.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Turing#Pattern_formation_and_mathematical_biology http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Turing#Pattern_formation_a...
- arethuza 16y agoI would have thought that the theoretical concept of the Universal Turing Machine, the first theoretical model of a true universal stored program computer, would be regarded by most as his most important contribution: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal_Turing_machine http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal_Turing_machine
- alecco 16y agoTuring explained with mathematical models how there's life. It was neglected and misunderstood for decades.
- alecco 16y agoHighly recommended BBC Documentary "The Secret Life of Chaos". It starts with Turing's work before he died. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HACkykFlIus http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HACkykFlIus