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Asperger syndrome
The following references identify Alan Turing as having had Asperger syndrome, or identify him as a possible case. At least two of the authors of these items are professors, and at least two of them are Asperger syndrome experts.
O’Connell H., Fitzgerald M. (2003). Did Alan Turing have Asperger’s syndrome? Irish Journal of Psychological Medicine. 20, 1, 28 – 31. http://www.ijpm.org/index.html?level=2&isid=30&var=past
James, Ioan (2005) Asperger syndrome and high achievement: some very remarkable people. Jessica Kingsley Publishers.
Attwood, Tony (2000) The autism epidemic – real or imagined. Autism Asperger’s Digest. November/December 2000. http://www.tonyattwood.com.au/pdfs/attwood4.pdf —Preceding unsigned comment added by 124.169.110.18 (talk) 13:59, 9 August 2008 (UTC)
Question about the statue...
I was looking at the picture, and trying to figure out if he's holding an apple in the hand resting on the bench. Can anyone confirm that this is the case? It would seem somewhat appropriate, with the sense of humor he had. Or at least, that I've read about. D1universe (talk) 08:11, 3 February 2008 (UTC)
Yeah, I've been there, he is indeed holding an apple. Very appropriate, I thought. 82.31.236.174 (talk) 22:30, 10 May 2008 (UTC)
Turing was homosexual
Would anyone object to changing the first reference to homosexual to gay? Homosexual is a cold clinical term kind of dehumanizes him and the struggles that we gay people have gone through. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.223.15.238 (talk) 23:08, 24 February 2008 (UTC)
- See Wikipedia:NPOV Netrat_msk (talk) 17:37, 23 April 2008 (UTC)
The footnotes
are butchered in the entry, probably a function of sloppy editing. Could someone please salvage the footnotes?SLY111 (talk) 20:19, 21 March 2008 (UTC)SLY111
Posthumous recognition
Turing Lecture 2008 at Bletchley Park
Bletchley Park is holding the annual Turing Lecture 2008 on Thursday, 10th July. Dr Andrew Hodges, tutor in Mathematics and Fellow of Wadham College, University of Oxford, will discuss some of the unresolved issues that have come to the forefront, as historians of science strive to understand the development of Turing’s thought.
Turing in Fiction
The entire "Turing in Fiction" section is not only full of trivia, but technically doesn't even belong in this article:
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- Says nothing about Turing. Possible mention in associated pages, but adds nothing to this article.
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- Fictional novel. Perhaps a mention in the bibliography?
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- Greg Egan's novella, Oracle, is about an alternate universe version of Turing.
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- In 1987 German author and playwright Rolf Hochhuth published the novel Alan Turing after reading the biography written by Turing's mother.
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- Fictional novel? Already mentioned in the Further Reading section.
- Neal Stephenson's novel Cryptonomicon features Turing as a supporting character.
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- Says nothing about Turing. Possible mention in associated pages, but adds nothing to this article. Truly trivial.
- In William Gibson's novel Neuromancer, the military subdivision who control the AIs of Wintermute and Neuromancer are known as the Turing Police.
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- Says nothing about Turing. Possible mention in associated pages, but adds nothing to this article. Truly trivial.
- In Robert Harris's thriller Enigma, Turing and his work are part of the background involving WWII espionage at Bletchley Park.
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- In a 2006 film The Good Shepherd, Dr. Fredericks' character is inspired by Alan Turing.
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- Says nothing about Turing. Possible mention in associated pages, but adds nothing to this article. Truly trivial.
- In the Young James Bond series book Double or Die Alan Turing is character who is working on improving Charles Babbage's work and at the end of the book is helping the British with a code cracking machine.
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- Says nothing about Turing. Possible mention in associated pages, but adds nothing to this article.
Unless there are objections, I'm going to remove the whole section. -- SatyrTN (talk / contribs) 21:21, 6 August 2008 (UTC)
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