BreakingNews·190722 - 現(xiàn)代計算之父出現(xiàn)在鈔票上

Alan Turing, the man widely recognised as being the father of modern computer science, has been honored by being selected to appear on a United Kingdom banknote. Mr Turing was chosen ahead of a wealth of notable British historical figures and luminaries to be the face of the new £50 note. Turing was instrumental in helping Britain and its allies win World War II. He led a team of codebreakers to crack the Enigma code the Nazis used to send messages to warships and military commanders. He invented the now famous British Bombe to do this. This was a giant computer, which ushered in the birth of modern computing and the beginnings of artificial intelligence.

艾倫·圖靈被廣泛認為是現(xiàn)代計算機科學之父，他被選為英國紙幣上的人物，這讓他很榮幸。在眾多英國歷史名人和名人之前，圖靈先生被選為新版50英鎊紙幣的頭像。圖靈在幫助英國及其盟國贏得二戰(zhàn)中發(fā)揮了重要作用。他帶領一組破譯人員破解納粹用來向軍艦和軍事指揮官發(fā)送信息的恩尼格瑪密碼。他發(fā)明了現(xiàn)在著名的英國炸彈。這是一臺巨大的計算機，它引領了現(xiàn)代計算的誕生和人工智能的開端。

Alan Turing was a mathematical genius who also excelled in the sciences. He was born in London in 1912. He graduated from Cambridge University and then outlined his vision for creating an algorithm-based computing machine. He said of his invention: "This is only a foretaste of what is to come, and only the shadow of what is going to be." His idea is central to the computers we use today. His brilliance led to his being asked to join the WWII code-breaking team. Despite his pivotal role in ending that war, he was persecuted in the post-war years for being homosexual. Being gay was illegal in the UK until 1967. He chose to be chemically castrated rather than go to prison. Turing died in 1954, aged 41, in an apparent suicide.

艾倫·圖靈是一位數(shù)學天才，他在科學方面也很出色。1912年出生于倫敦。他畢業(yè)于劍橋大學，然后概述了他對創(chuàng)建基于算法的計算機的設想。在談到他的發(fā)明時，他說:“這只是對未來的預測，只是未來的影子。”他的想法是我們今天使用的計算機的核心。他的才華使他被邀請加入二戰(zhàn)密碼破譯隊。盡管他在結束那場戰(zhàn)爭中發(fā)揮了關鍵作用，但在戰(zhàn)后的幾年里，他因為同性戀而受到迫害。在1967年之前，同性戀在英國是非法的。他寧愿被化學閹割也不愿坐牢。1954年，41歲的圖靈顯然是自殺身亡。