Alan Turing and the modern computer · Proposed air date:
On Alan Turing's birthday, Dr. Dave explains the Turing machine and the conceptual foundation it supplied for modern computing. He then recounts Turing's work at Bletchley Park and the importance of cracking the Enigma code to Britain's survival during the Second World War.
This excerpt runs from 0:29.890 to 5:29.342 within its preserved source recording.
Proposed recording date: 2012-06-23. The exact broadcast date may differ.
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