Two years ago, gordon brown made a public posthumous apology for the way the british government had treated alan turing in the years leading up to his death in 1954. On june 8, 1954, alan turing, a fortyoneyearold research scientist at manchester university, was found dead by his housekeeper. Hodges biography is thoroughly researched into all aspects of turings li. Alan turing 19121954 made two outstandingly original contributions to the development of computer science. Britains greatest codebreaker, channel 4 the arts desk. Alan mathison turing 23 june 1912 7 june 1954, was an english mathematician, logician, cryptanalyst and computer scientist. Codebreaker tv movie 2011 ed stoppard as alan turing. Its subject, the british mathematical genius who contributed to the cryptanalysis of the nazi enigma code and to the beginnings of the computer, was not an easy subject. Check out this biography to know about his childhood, family, personal life, career, and achievements. Codebreaker recounts the story of this maverick british genius, alan turing. Historians credit his codebreaking with helping to shorten the war by two years and saving millions of lives.
The story of alan turing as told through an actor talking to a psychiatrist, interviews of people who know him and historical footage. He had the ingenuity and imagination to bridge the gap between the theory of computation as posed by the likes of godel and the implementation of computation machines. On 28 october 2004, a bronze statue of alan turing sculpted by john w. The university of manchester renames the complex housing the school of mathematics and the centre for astrophysics as the alan turing building. The alan turing year, 2012, marked the celebration of the life and scientific influence of alan turing during the centenary of his birth on 23 june 1912. Ed stoppard, right, as alan turing in therapy with jungian analyst franz greenbaum henry goodman photo. Maragul ya impluwensiya king pamanalkus ning computer science, at minye yang pormalisasyon ning konseptuo ning algorithm ampong computation kapamilatan ning turing machine, a maragul papil king pamaglalang ning. Codebreaker by clare beavan clare beavan, ed stoppard. Ed stoppards portrayal felt somehow too warm and too rounded.
Ed stoppard on britains greatest codebreaker radio times. Alan turings suspected suicide cut short his life, but he continues to live on. Codebreaker tells the remarkable and tragic story of one of the 20th centurys most important people. Turing has captured our imagination several times, in. The alan turing story from zavvi, the home of pop culture. He developed the idea of the modern computer and artificial intelligence. Alan turing set in motion the computer age and his world war ii codebreaking helped turn the tide of the second world war. Codebreaker, original uk title britains greatest codebreaker, is a tv film aired on 21 november 2011 by channel 4 about the life of alan turing. I think we learn more about turing than just that he was gay. Ed stoppard biography facts, childhood, family life. Ed stoppard played alan turing in the 2011 film codebreaker, about his life and work.
Latest headlines abominable puts universal atop the weekend box office once again. Take advantage of great prices on bluray, 4k, merchandise, games, clothing and more. In 2020, he will take the stage in the hotly anticipated world premiere of tom stoppards leopoldstadt at the wyndhams theatre in londons. I think that ed stoppard and henry goodman were excellent and did wonders for the dramatization and deserve credit for it. Historians credit his codebreaking with helping to shorten the. I saw it with friends and we were reeling afterwards. Our shameful treatment of alan turing, the man behind the enigma code.
I have little new to add and must join all of the others here in saying that andrew hodges alan turing. More importantly, he was brave enough to admit his homosexuality in the 1950s. The documentarys conceit is that turing played here by ed stoppard is talking with a psychiatrist henry goodman, as he goes over his life. The remarkable and tragic story of one of the 20th centurys most important people, alan turing. The enigma by andrew hodges is an enigma in its own right. A great production ed stoppard was very good playing against the dr. Ed stoppard, henry goodman, paul mcgann, asa briggs, jean valentine, david leavitt, rolf. Codebreaker tv movie 2011 codebreaker tv movie 2011. Before getting into bed the night before, he had taken a few. Ed stoppard as alan turing, with henry goodman as dr franz greenbaum, in britains greatest codebreaker.
Of course when the world loses a visionary computer designer it isnt always like that. Turings achievements went unrecognised during his lifetime. An exercise in rehabilitating the reputation of alan turing couldnt crack the. If anyone would like a more detailed look at the man that turing was, this is a great watch, and for anyone that wants a quick rundown of turing, who has no previous knowledge, this is a really good way to get up to speed. Filmmaker clare beavan offers this intimate portrait of 20th century technological trailblazer alan turing, who played a key role in cracking the german enigma codes during world war ii before being arrested in london for committing homosexual acts in 1952, and dying under mysterious circumstances just two years later. Ed stoppard, right, as alan turing, and henry goodman as dr franz. Filmmaker clare beavan offers this intimate portrait of 20th century technological trailblazer alan turing, who played a key role in cracking the german enigma codes during world war ii before being arrested in london for committing homosexual acts in 1952, and dying. Ed has recently finished playing the regular role of lucas becker in hbos upcoming marquee show, trackers. The highs and lows of alan turings life, tracking his extraordinary accomplishments, his government persecution through to his tragic death in 1954. He was highly influential in the development of computer science, providing a formalisation of the concepts of algorithm and computation with the turing machine, which can be considered a model of a general purpose computer. With ed stoppard, henry goodman, paul mcgann, asa briggs. Just think what difference in the world he could have made had he lived.
Alan turing is often called the father of modern computing. Instead of receiving accolades, he faced terrible persecution. Alan turing, subject of britains greatest codebreaker channel 4 was a young, radicalthinking. Ive lost count of the number of programmes ive watched and books ive. During the second world war he worked for the government breaking the enemies codes and churchill said he shortened the war by two years. Codebreaker recounts the story of this maverick british genius, alan turing, who was crucial to founding three new fields of science as well as breaking the nazis naval enigma code during world war ii.
Ed stoppard as alan turing and henry goodman as dr franz greenbaum inbritains greatest codebreaker. There are interviews with the woman to whom he proposed, joan, with the psychiatrists daughters, turings nephew, and others. Stoppard was cast as adrien deume, a swiss diplomat, arianes husband, in a screen version of albert cohens novel belle du seigneur. The first in a scifi trilogy, genesis explores the nature of free will and what it means to be human, against a post apocalyptic backdrop where the remnants. Alan turing is the genius british mathematician who was instrumental in breaking the german naval enigma code during world war ii, arguably saving millions of lives.
In the last 18 months of his short life, turing visited a psychiatrist, dr. Alan turing project gutenberg selfpublishing ebooks. Mills was unveiled at the university of surrey in guildford, marking the 50th anniversary of turings death. Some people might feel its a little early in the day for such demanding topics. From a drama, i want to feel like i have understood the man himself a little more. The film starts in october 1952 after alan turing ed stoppard has been convicted.
Take a moment away from your computer screen, and give some props to alan turing, the codebreaking badass who helped make all this possible. The highs and lows of alan turings life, tracking his extraordinary accomplishments, his. Andrew hodges wadharn college, university of oxford. He was highly influential in the development of computer science, providing a formalisation of the concepts of algorithm and computation with the turing machine, which played a significant role in the creation of the modern computer. The remarkable and tragic story of one of the 20th centurys most important people. Alan turing author of computing machinery and intelligence. Latest headlines world news you mag event books promos rewards mail shop property motoring columnists. Turings fascination with the classic board game of monopoly has been commemorated in a special edition of the game that was issued in 2012 to celebrate the 100th anniversary of his birth. Ed stoppard, however, did a weak and sentimental audition for the role of ae housman in his fathers the invention of love, another gay and exiled scholar. Seminal writings in computing, logic, philosophy, artificial intelligence, and artificial life plus the secrets of enigma. Alan mathison turing was born on 23 june 1912, the son of julius mathison turing, a civil servant in india, and ethel sara turing, the daughter of edward waller stoney, chief engineer of the madras and southern mahratta railway. The turing day collference at the swiss federal hlstitute of technology, lausanne, was held to mark the nilletieth a. Ed stoppard is an english actor, best known for his performances in films such as youth and the pianist. In 1952, the british government forced him to undergo chemical castration as punishment for his.
The story is told as a discussion between alan turing and his psychiatrist dr. The master codebreakers struggle to build the modern computer b. Bletchley park museum designed the special edition of the game to contain. Alan turing this is a wikipedia book, a collection of wikipedia articles that can be easily saved, imported by an external electronic rendering service, and ordered as a. In 1952, the british government forced him to undergo chemical castration as punishment for his homosexuality. Turing was highly influential in the development of theoretical computer science, providing a formalisation of the concepts of algorithm and computation with the turing machine, which can be. Instead he ended up being treated as a common criminal, for being homosexual at a time when homosexual acts were a crime. The alan turing story recounts this maverick british genius, who played a crucial part in the founding of three new fields of science, as well as breaking the nazis enigma code during world war ii. In response to a petition signed by thousands of people, the prime minister, gordon brown issues a public apology in which he describes the treatment of alan turing as appalling. Turing had an important influence on computing, computer science, artificial intelligence, developmental biology, and the mathematical theory of computability and made important contributions to codebreaking during the second world war.
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