Happy birthday to Alan Turing, OBE, FRS (1912 – 1954), British #mathematician, #cryptanalyst, computer scientist, prophet & hero. Turing foresaw not only that machines might quite likely develop the capacity to think (after all, our brains are only made of matter, and complex systems of neurons, which either fire or not, much like an electronic switch), but that we needed an objective, double-blind test to determine whether 🧵1/n
For the #SciArtSeptember prompt futurist: Alan Turing, OBE, FRS (1912 – 1954), British #mathematician, #cryptanalyst, computer scientist, prophet. Turing foresaw not only that machines might quite likely develop the capacity to think (after all, our brains are only made of matter, & complex systems of neurons, which either fire or not, much like an electronic switch), but that we needed an objective, double-blind test … 🧵1/n
Happy birthday to Alan Turing, OBE, FRS (1912 – 1954), British #mathematician, #cryptanalyst, computer scientist, prophet & hero. Turing foresaw not only that machines might quite likely develop the capacity to think (after all, our brains are only made of matter, and complex systems of neurons, which either fire or not, much like an electronic switch), but that we needed an objective, double-blind test to determine whether something/someone was 🧵1/n
Elizebeth Smith Friedman, a woman that was brilliant. Mother of two kids. Crypt-analyst. She succeeded to decrypt thousand of encrypted messages. She helped to indict Al Capone. During the World War II, she intercepted thousand of Nazi messages coming from South America. Thanks to that, the huge RMS Queen Mary was saved and thousand of lives were spared. It is only one among many of her achievements. I can't say how far I am admiring. She deserves immense recognition.
Happy birthday to Alan Turing, OBE, FRS (1912 – 1954), British #mathematician, #cryptanalyst, computer scientist, prophet & hero. Turing foresaw not only that machines might quite likely develop the capacity to think (after all, our brains are only made of matter, and complex systems of neurons, which either fire or not, much like an electronic switch), …
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4. We also had a number of Jewish neighbours who had come to Nottingham because of links through the textile industry.
Most notable were the Noskwiths who set up the well-known hosiery firm Charnos. They were unable to access their own resources but started afresh in Britain with loans from business associates.
For many years they made undies and tights for M&S. Their son Rolf, spent the war as a #CryptAnalyst at Bletchley Park, before running the business.
Ele Willoughby, PhD
Jérémy Bindel
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