Portrait of Lord Melvyn Bragg, host of In Our Time

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Alan Mathison Turing (; 23 June 1912 – 7 June 1954) was an English mathematician, computer scientist, logician, cryptanalyst, philosopher, and theoretical biologist. 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 considered a model of a general-purpose computer.

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  1. Alan Turing

    Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the ideas and life of the founder of computer science - whose work helped crack enemy codes in WW2 - and his exploration of artificial intelligence.

    15 October 2020

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    Featuring: Leslie Ann Goldberg, Simon Schaffer, Andrew Hodges

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    ScienceFellows of the Royal Society20th-century atheistsEnglish people of Scottish descentEnglish atheists20th-century English philosophersEnglish inventors20th-century English LGBTQ people20th-century English mathematiciansCastrated peopleEnglish logiciansEnglish people of Irish descentSuicides by cyanide poisoningComputer designersGay academicsGay scientistsTheoretical biologistsLGBTQ mathematicians, LGBTQ philosophersPeople convicted for homosexuality in the United Kingdom, People who have received posthumous pardons

  2. Humboldt

    Melvyn Bragg discusses the Prussian naturalist and explorer, Alexander Von Humboldt. A hero in South America; Charles Darwin described him as ‘the greatest scientific traveller who ever lived’.

    28 September 2006

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    Featuring: Jason Wilson, Patricia Fara, Jim Secord

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    ScienceFellows of the American Academy of Arts and SciencesMembers of the American Philosophical SocietyRecipients of the Copley MedalMembers of the Royal Swedish Academy of SciencesHonorary members of the Saint Petersburg Academy of SciencesGerman LutheransMembers of the French Academy of SciencesMembers of the Prussian Academy of SciencesUniversity of Göttingen alumniMembers of the Bavarian Academy of SciencesRecipients of the Pour le Mérite (civil class)Members of the Göttingen Academy of Sciences and HumanitiesIndependent scientistsForeign members of the Royal SocietyGerman travel writersHuman geographersGay scientists18th-century German LGBTQ peopleUniversity of Jena alumni