Scientist

Alan Turing

1912–1954

Alan Turing
Elliott & Fry, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (Public domain). Source

Englischer Mathematiker und Informatiker, dessen Arbeit zur Berechenbarkeit und zum Codeknacken in Bletchley Park half, den Zweiten Weltkrieg zu verkürzen.

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Turing löste abstrakte Probleme — die Enigma-Chiffre, die theoretischen Grenzen der Berechenbarkeit — durch einsame, formale Argumentation; Kollegen aus Bletchley Park beschrieben ihn als brillant, aber sozial unbeholfen und einzig auf das Problem selbst konzentriert.

Ging das Codeknacken als formales, systematisches mathematisches Problem an, nicht als Rätselraten.

Legte mit der Turingmaschine die theoretischen Grundlagen für das Rechnen, bevor überhaupt ein Computer existierte.

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