Jahnina Myrrh A.

Saoy
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LITEHER Reflection Paper 1

“Father of Modern Computers”

Alan Turing is an influential British figure in the 20th century. He's commonly known
as the father of modern computer science. He worked previously for the United
Kingdom government as a code breaker in which he attempted to decode an
Enigma cipher machine which is a device used by the Germans and has done so
successfully.

After the war between the two countries ended, Turing continued to pursue
his bright ideas about computer science which led him to the construction of the
world's first true computers. Later on, he was convicted for a crime for having a
sexual relationship with a man, at that time it was deemed illegal. Turing was found
dead with suicide on June 8th of 1954 as a result of cyanide poisoning.

In my perspective, I find Alan Turing quite remarkable for making a statement

or mark that he lived in this world, he did this and he invented these. His legacy
continues to live on today and if we truly think about it, he made technology possible
for us and gave us easier lives. I find it rather unfair that the generation he lived in
was quite discriminating due to one's sexual preferences. I also find it very shady that
he was found with cyanide poisoning one day out of the blue and it was deemed as
suicide.

In the modes of power that include absolutist, juridical and disciplinary, I feel
as if in Alan Turing's case disciplinary was most executed. Disciplinary is
characterized by the efforts to manage disciplinary closure and interaction with
other disciplines. When making his Turing Machine, he applied the methods of code
breaking he decoded with the German Enigma.
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International vs. area? The disciplinary-politics of knowledge

...cambridge.orghttps://www.cambridge.org › international-theory › article

Alan Turing | The father of modern computer scienceNew Scientisthttps://www.newscientist.com

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