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Code-breaker Alan Turing will appear on the next £50 note

07.15.2019 · Posted in Technology Articles
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World War II Enigma code-breaker Alan Turing will be the face of the UK's new £50 note, the Bank of England has announced. Speaking at the Science and Industry Museum in Manchester, governor of the Bank of England Mark Carney said the computer science pioneer "has had an enormous impact on how we live today."  "As the father of computer science and artificial intelligence, as well as war hero, Alan Turing’s contributions were far ranging and path breaking," said Carney. "Turing is a giant on whose shoulders so many now stand." Turing was instrumental in the development of early computers and theorised about artificial intelligence.  Read more... More about Uk, Computing, Currency, Banknote, and Alan Turing

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