How Alan Turing Set the Rules for Computing

The chapel at King's College, Cambridge, where Alan Turing attended university. (seier+seier/Flickr). Editor's note: The following is adapted from an essay byAlan Turing was born with privilege into an upper-middle-class family. He grew up with only occasional contact with his parents, as his father served as an administrator in India. Alan was a disheveled lad, headstrong andAlan Turing was born with privilege into an upper-middle-class family. He grew up with only occasional contact with his parents, as his father served as an administrator in India. Alan was a disheveled lad,

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