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  1. Code Breaker: The Alan Turing Story (2013)

    aka: Codebreaker: The Alan Turing Story

    Director
    Clare Beavan
    Subject
    Drama; Information technology
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 60 minutes), £15.99

    Docudrama directed by Clare Beavan that explores the life of British mathematician Alan Turing and the events that led up to his death in 1954, when he ate an apple laced with cyanide following his...

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  2. Alan Turing: Reflections on His Personal Life (2016)

    Subject
    Information technology

    To what extent did Alan Turing influence the evolution of modern computing? The 20th Century mathematician is considered by many to be the father of computer science. Aside from his contribution to maths...

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  3. Strange Life and Death of Dr Turing (1992 Video)

    Subject
    Information technology
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 50 min., 2000 sale: £99.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    The story of Alan Turing, credited by many as the father of the modern digital computer. The programme highlights the importance of Turing’s early interest in logic and mathematics, as well as his later...

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  4. Psychology of Alan Turing, The (2014)

    Subject
    Psychiatry; Psychology
    Distribution
    Audio (Download)

    Podcast from the Royal College of Psychiatrists. Michael Ferguson has written book reviews of two recent biographies on the mathematician and cryptographer Alan Turing - who recently received a royal pardon...

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  5. Artificial Intelligence (2017)

    Subject
    Information technology

    Public lecture by Professor Martyn Thomas, expert in software engineering and cybersecurity and IT Livery Company Professor of Information Technology at Gresham College. Alan Turing famously proposed a test...

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  6. Turing’s Test (2009)

    Director
    Mike Heath; Neil Gardner
    Subject
    Drama; Information technology; Social Studies

    A fictionalised account of the final moments in the life of Alan Turing, in the first collaboration of its kind between a national newspaper (The Independent) and an independent production company. The...

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  7. Dangerous Knowledge (2008)

    Director
    David Malone
    Subject
    Mathematics; Physics; Psychiatry; Psychology
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 0, 89 minutes), £15.99

    A sympathetic portrayal of the genius of four brilliant mathematicians and their attempts to unravel the mysteries of the universe with tragic repercussions for their sanity. This programme addresses some of...

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  8. Station X: The Codebreakers of Bletchley Park (1999 Video)

    Director
    Peter Bate
    Producer
    Peter Bate; David Darlow
    Subject
    History
    Distribution
    Sale, 2 videocassettes. VHS. b&w/col. 205 min., 1999 sale: £19.99 (inclusive)

    Series examining the work of the code-breakers at Bletchley Park, near Milton Keynes, during World War 2. Uses interviews with staff and dramatic reconstructions of events. In four parts: 1) The Keys to the...

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  9. Joy of Logic, The (2014)

    Director
    Catherine Gale
    Subject
    Mathematics; Philosophy
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (PAL, 60 minutes), £20

    BBC 4 programme presented by Dave Cliff, professor of computer science and engineering at Bristol University, With the help of 25 seven-year-olds, Professor Cliff creates, for the first time, a computer...

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  10. Music of the Primes (2006)

    Subject
    Mathematics
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 90 minutes), £13.99

    Three 30-minute programmes which investigate the mysteries surrounding prime numbers. Primes are fundamental to mathematics; they are the basic blocks from which all other numbers can be built. Yet they...

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