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Alan Turing: The computing pioneer's life and works, in photos

Summary: The Science Museum in London is celebrating the centenary of computing pioneer Alan Turing, whose work helped shorten World War II, laid the groundwork for modern computers, and set the standard test for artificial intelligence

Tom Espiner

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Model of vitamin B12

Chemist Dorothy Hodgkin used the Pilot ACE computer in research into the structure of vitamins, using it to help devise this model of vitamin B12 (pictured), presented to the Science Museum in 1959.

Credit: Science Museum/SSPL 

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  • Turing was a hero in more ways than just computing. George Takei of Star Trek fame shared this on his Facebook page...
    https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=480796475283144&set=a.223098324386295.105971.205344452828349&type=1&theater
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