Many call him the father of computing science. No computer science student go without being able to identify the states of Turning machine , understandings the concepts of AI (Artificial Intelligence) and cryptography.

We all have seen the T-shirts with “There are 10 types of people in this world, those who understand binary and those who don’t.”

One thing many don’t know, Alan was a world-class marathon runner too!

Died of age 41 of poisoned apple – the other half was found next to his body filled with cyanide.

2012 marks the centenary year of Alan Turning’s birth.

Information Age, Nov/Dec 2012

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Turing