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These are off-prints of published papers, not his original notes - so why don't I just go top the library stacks and photocopy the original journal ?
by rtyhjukiujhygtf 16y ago
These are off-prints of published papers, not his original notes - so why don't I just go top the library stacks and photocopy the original journal ?
- Dylanlacey 16y ago"The papers are thought to be of particular historical value as much of Turing's war-time work was destroyed under the Official Secrets Act and the man himself kept few personal possessions."
- rtyhjukiujhygtf 16y agoYes - thats the point, all the interesting stuff - the notes on enigma and the invention of the computer are gone. All we have are a bunch of preprints from the 30s - but these are preprints of journals that do exist (note to those under 50 : upto to the 1980s journals would send you a few dozen unbound copies of your paper for you to distribute - before photocopiers were common)