3. Outline
• Lived in a homophobic society.
• Thanks to him British people were saved in the war between England and Germany.
• He formalized the concepts of algorithm and computation using the Turing machine.
• Other contributions to science were in the fields of biology and artificial intelligence.
• His discoveries made it possible for us to live in a technological world that grows every
day.
4.
5. ALAN MATHISON TURING
• Alan Turing was born in London, on 23rd June 1912.
• He lived and died in Cheshire, on 7th June 1954.
• He was a mathematician, logician, computer scientist, and philosopher.
13. Homophobic Society
• British system condemned him because he was homosexual.
• Gave two options: One was prison and second was chemical castration.
• Chose econd option.
14. Alan’s end
• Alan Turing died because he ate a
poisoned apple.
• Sixty years later, his honor was
restored.
• Steve Jobs put in his logo an apple
bite that represents the way that
Turing died.
16. SOURCES
• Glez, D. (2015, April 13). La tormentosa vida de Alan Turing, condenado
por ser homosexual. [Blog post]. Retrieved from
http://www.20minutos.es/noticia/2427530/0/subasta-de-manuscritos/alan-
turing/enigma/
• Mendoza, O. [Oscar Francisco Mendoza Gutiérrez]. (2012, September 13).
Cuéntame una historia-Alan Turing. [Video file]. Retrieved from
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=01LBHqKrVvg