The fall of Eve

It is an error with a remarkable origin. Alan Turing exposed it shortly before committing suicide. Turing's suicide is a sensitive subject in computer circles. There is a certain aversion to talk about it because we do not want our founding father to appear as a media celebrity and his memory to be trivialized by the sensational aspects of his death. The legacy of Turing, the mathematician, goes beyond any possible sensationalism. His contributions were highly elegant and foundational. He bequeathed us great discoveries, including much of the mathematical foundation of digital computing. The highest award in computer science, our Nobel Prize, bears his name. However, Turing, as a cultural...View all