On This Day: 1936
Date: 28/05/2020 15:25
Few individuals are as distinguished in the field of theoretical computer sciences as Alan Turing. He was a trailblazer in terms of formalising the concepts of algorithms and computation with his Turing machine, an invention which stands as a forerunner for the general-purpose computer.
On this day in 1936, Turing submitted his "On Computable Numbers" for publication, a document which set out the theoretical basis for modern computers and paved the way for machines such as those demonstrated in this classic UTV archive clip...