Alan Mathison Turing was undoubtedly one of the greatest pioneers of our computer world.
We can clearly label him the founder of what we know today as modern computer science, but
beyond that, he was also a great mathematician, a code-breaker, philosopher, and certainly a risk-
taker. His contributions to society not only influenced the development of today’s computers, but
also seriously impacted the outcome of a second world war.
Born on June 23, 1912 in London, England to Ethel and Julius Turing, Alan Turing showed
very early signs of having an extraordinary mind. "At a very early age, he is said to have taught
himself to read in only three weeks and his discovery of numbers brought about the distracting
habit of stopping at every street light in order to find its serial number." 1 In school he proved to act
just as any other great mind has had in the past. He could not adapt and conform to the way in
which things were organized and put......
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