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Descartes daniel-hromada ()


Descartes

A.M.T. OBE FRS (23.6.1912 - 7.6.1954)
  • an English mathematician, computer scientist, logician, cryptanalyst, philosopher and theoretical biologist
  • father of theoretical computer science (1936) and artificial intelligence (1948-1950)
  • pivotal role in the project Ultra
  • convicted for "gross indecency" in 1952, put on hormonal treatment, develops gynaecomastia
  • death by cyanide; half-bitten apple by the bedside
  • Queen's "pardon" on 24.12.2013