Mathematician:Alan Mathison Turing

English mathematician who is often considered to be the "father of modern computer science".

Famous for his conception of the Turing machine and the Turing test.

Nationality
English

History

 * Born: 23 June 1912
 * Died: 7 June 1954

Theorems and Definitions

 * Turing machine
 * Turing test
 * Church-Turing Thesis (otherwise known as Church's Thesis)
 * Church-Turing-Deutsch Principle

Books and Papers

 * "Computing Machinery and Intelligence" (1950)