Alan Turing by Trolese Laura

First 4

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Filippo, Giacomo, Enrico and Gabriele

1) Before WWII, he was not a well-known figure. Then he became famous because he played a crucial role in the Allied victory. He was homosexual and was later chemically castrated.

2) Alan Turing grew up without his parents. He studied at Sherborne School and focused on advanced modern scientific subjects.

3) Alan Turing fell in love with Christopher Morcom, who died from tuberculosis. His emotional turmoil led to a deep scientific fascination.

4) Turing won a scholarship to King's College and earned a degree in mathematics. He thrived in its academic culture and worked on probability theory, eventually earning a fellowship at the college.

Summary of paragraphs 5 - 9

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In 1936, Alan Turing published a paper introducing the concept of a “Universal Machine", a machine that could perform any set of instructionsthe. This is the foundation for modern computing.

In 1939 Turing returned to Britain and helped crack the German Enigma code during World War II. He designed the “Bombe,” a machine that could decode Nazi messages.

While working at Bletchley Park in 1941, Turing felt in love with the mathematician Joan Clarke but quickly ended it after revealing his homosexuality.

During the war, Turing also developed “Delilah,” a system for encrypting voice communications. Although it was never used in action, it gave him crucial experience with electronics.

In 1946, Turing designed the Automatic Computing Engine (ACE), an advanced digital computer.

Summary of the last five paragraphs

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-1950: At the university of Manchester a very small stored program computer was already demostrated on the bases of which Turing formulated the idea of the "imitation game", now known as the "Tyring test".

-1951: With the ability to use the Manchester computer Turing tried to solve the problem of understanding biological patterns: spots, stripes, and flowre petals. He developed some equations to tried solve them. This theory is still the subject of intense investigation nowadays. The same year he was elected a fellow of the royal society.

-1952: Turing was persecuted for homosexuality when an affair was made known to the police. Rather then go to prison he accepted probation on the condition of having chemical castration. His security clearance was also revoked, thus ending his work in the GSHQ. In response he chosed to escape the British law by moving to Norway and Greece.

-1954: Turing, now considered a security risk, was herrassed by the police. Alan Turing was found dead on the 8 june 1954 in his bed from cyanide poisoning, with a partly eaten apple next to his corpse. It was ruled as a suicide. His mother argued that it was a chemistry experiment accident, but Turing could've planned his death to allow her to think it was an accident.

-2013: Turing was garanted a royal pardon in 2013 for his conviction for gross indincency as an apology his portrait is now featured on the fifty pound note which was released on his birthday 23 of june 2021