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Alan Turing and the Foundation of Computer Science

In: Turing’s Revolution

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  • Juraj Hromkovič

    (ETH Zurich, Department of Computer Science)

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The goal of this article is to explain to non-specialists what computer science is about and what is the contribution of Alan Turing to general science. To do this well-understandable for everybody, we introduce mathematics as a language describing objects and relations between objects in an exact and unambiguously interpretable way, and as a language of correct, well-verifiable reasoning. Starting with the dream of Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz, who wanted to automatize some part of the work of mathematicians including also reasoning, we finish with Alan Turing’s exact axiomatic definition of the limits of automation of the intellectual work, i.e., with the birth date of computer science.

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  • Juraj Hromkovič, 2015. "Alan Turing and the Foundation of Computer Science," Springer Books, in: Giovanni Sommaruga & Thomas Strahm (ed.), Turing’s Revolution, pages 273-281, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:sprchp:978-3-319-22156-4_10
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-22156-4_10
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