In this week of announcements in the US about evolving views concerning human sexual preferences, it seems fit to offer a second poem (see also May 9) honoring British code-breaker and computer scientist, Alan Turing (1912-1954). Here is "Ode to Alan Turing" by Saskatchewan poet, Mari-Lou Rowley.
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Saturday, May 12, 2012
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A toast to Alan Turing
Alan Turing (1912-1954) committed suicide at the age of 42. He was brilliant, arguably the best computer scientist of the twentieth century. He is perhaps most famous for his code-breaking work at Bletchley Park during
WWII; but he also made enormous significant contributions to the emerging fields of artificial intelligence and computing. And Alan Turing was gay.
More prose details will follow -- but first a poem for Turing by UK poet Matt Harvey :
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