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The father of computing

ALAN TURNING
BRITISH MATHEMATICIAN
Born 1912, died 1954
 Invented the basic theory of computers
 Helped build some of the early computers

LIFE BEFORE COMPUTERS
Lots of tedious information processing had to
be done by humans
 Banks needed to manually total up account
balances
 Index cards used to store information for
search
ADDITION AND SUBTRACTION
Done manually
 Mechanical machines, as in
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PhiRiWzj5
K0
 Either way, labor intensive and error prone

PROCESSING LOTS OF INFORMATION
The census:
 Count all the people in the country, divided
per state
 Get additional economic information
 Need to get totals
 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9HXjLW7v
-II
WHAT TURING DID
Came up with a theoretical model of what a
computer does:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gJQTFhkh
wPA
 Helped figure how to implement it.

WWII

Huge war, 1939-1945 (in Europe)
 Allies: Britain, US, and USSR (after the
Germans attacked them in 1941)
 Axis: Germany, Japan, Italy

GERMAN COMMUNICATIONS
Radio allows quick communication
 But everybody can listen to the radio,
including the enemy
 Solution: encryption:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dq27B16F5k

THE TURING SOLUTION
Build a bunch of Enigmas to run in parallel
 Check if the settings make sense.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dr1U7Bva6
Sw




Worked well enough the English command
knew what the Germans were planning.

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Turing (for 3rd graders)

  • 1. The father of computing ALAN TURNING
  • 2. BRITISH MATHEMATICIAN Born 1912, died 1954  Invented the basic theory of computers  Helped build some of the early computers 
  • 3. LIFE BEFORE COMPUTERS Lots of tedious information processing had to be done by humans  Banks needed to manually total up account balances  Index cards used to store information for search
  • 4. ADDITION AND SUBTRACTION Done manually  Mechanical machines, as in http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PhiRiWzj5 K0  Either way, labor intensive and error prone 
  • 5. PROCESSING LOTS OF INFORMATION The census:  Count all the people in the country, divided per state  Get additional economic information  Need to get totals  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9HXjLW7v -II
  • 6. WHAT TURING DID Came up with a theoretical model of what a computer does: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gJQTFhkh wPA  Helped figure how to implement it. 
  • 7. WWII Huge war, 1939-1945 (in Europe)  Allies: Britain, US, and USSR (after the Germans attacked them in 1941)  Axis: Germany, Japan, Italy 
  • 8. GERMAN COMMUNICATIONS Radio allows quick communication  But everybody can listen to the radio, including the enemy  Solution: encryption: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dq27B16F5k 
  • 9. THE TURING SOLUTION Build a bunch of Enigmas to run in parallel  Check if the settings make sense. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dr1U7Bva6 Sw   Worked well enough the English command knew what the Germans were planning.