At least in mathematics, I've heard he was something of a machine. Here's another article with some biographical information but more about his work (for those

At least in mathematics, I've heard he was something of a machine. Here's another article with some biographical information but more about his work (for those that don't know the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy it's a good, free, online resource for philosophy related subjects). http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/turing/ http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/turing/