tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6606798.post2760511861558514673..comments2024-03-28T22:32:50.562+00:00Comments on Liberal England: Alan Turing and Harry GolombekJonathan Calderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00730157683743989696noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6606798.post-76211213196117208842009-09-14T20:53:41.397+01:002009-09-14T20:53:41.397+01:00I know a lady who worked in Turing's hut. She ...I know a lady who worked in Turing's hut. She didn't talk about it until the second round of publicity (I had known her family for a long time, but didn't know about her involvement).dreamingspirehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00324207120279777521noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6606798.post-61188766132160260062009-09-14T13:21:52.122+01:002009-09-14T13:21:52.122+01:00Andrew Hodges, Turing's biographer, has an int...Andrew Hodges, Turing's biographer, has an interesting <a href="http://www.turing.org.uk/turing/" rel="nofollow">website</a>.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6606798.post-14663628489270575742009-09-14T11:44:52.049+01:002009-09-14T11:44:52.049+01:00Turing's contribution has always been well-kno...Turing's contribution has always been well-known and recognised in the field of Computer Science.<br /><br />It should be noted that the "Turing machine" was a piece of mathematics, and not a physical machine. I have seen recently a few howlers from people who clearly do not realise that.Matthew Huntbachhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18255872047710686115noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6606798.post-37501069121635769312009-09-14T11:09:58.829+01:002009-09-14T11:09:58.829+01:00The late Donald Michie reminisced about Turing in ...The late Donald Michie reminisced about Turing in a few of his "Computer Weekly" columns in the 1970s. He confirmed that in spite of Turing's contribution to computer chess, the man himself was a poor chess player.<br /><br />Then there was the story about the buried silver - but you can tell it better than I can.Frank Littlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12447989626809704972noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6606798.post-51409377144565787822009-09-14T10:16:20.839+01:002009-09-14T10:16:20.839+01:00Turing's death was hushed up at the time.The o...Turing's death was hushed up at the time.The other day I asked someone who worked for him at Bletchley Park what he was like.He was a very strange person apparently.Manfaranghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16672026288937285646noreply@blogger.com