Alan Turing died in 1954, but the themes of his life epitomize the turn of the millennium A pure mathematician from a tradition that prided itself on its impracticality, Turing laid the foundations for modern computer science, writes Andrew Hodges Alan had proved that there was no "miraculous machine" that could solve all mathematical problems, but in the process he The Imitation Game movie review decoding Alan Turing by MaryAnn Johanson Wed, But mostly this is all about one of the most brainily exciting things maybe ever cracking the German Enigma code machine Director Morten Tyldum (Headhunters) finds a lot of genuine suspense and more than a bit of wit in guys (and gal) scribbling A lesser film would probably go so far as to explain that Turing is the true enigma that needs to be cracked Fortunately, while that may be this film's conceit, it
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