microrobert
06-28-2012, 03:32 AM
UK lawmakers call for Alan Turing banknote tribute
A group of British lawmakers called Wednesday for World War II code-breaker and computing pioneer Alan Turing to be commemorated on a banknote.
This year marks the centenary of the birth of Turing, who helped crack Nazi Germany's secret codes by creating the "Turing bombe," a forerunner of modern computers.
Liberal Democrat lawmaker Julian Huppert said the banknote would celebrate a man who showed "the infinite potential of human ingenuity."
Read more here: http://www.sacbee.com/2012/06/27/4593635/uk-lawmakers-call-for-alan-turing.html#storylink=cpyhttp://www.sacbee.com/2012/06/27/4593635/uk-lawmakers-call-for-alan-turing.html
A group of British lawmakers called Wednesday for World War II code-breaker and computing pioneer Alan Turing to be commemorated on a banknote.
This year marks the centenary of the birth of Turing, who helped crack Nazi Germany's secret codes by creating the "Turing bombe," a forerunner of modern computers.
Liberal Democrat lawmaker Julian Huppert said the banknote would celebrate a man who showed "the infinite potential of human ingenuity."
Read more here: http://www.sacbee.com/2012/06/27/4593635/uk-lawmakers-call-for-alan-turing.html#storylink=cpyhttp://www.sacbee.com/2012/06/27/4593635/uk-lawmakers-call-for-alan-turing.html