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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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Date

23 May 2013, 14:47

Author

Andrew Ormsby

Post Type

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The BUFVC Moving Image Gateway includes over 1,350 websites relating to video, multimedia and sound materials. These have been subdivided into over 40 subject areas. To suggest new entries or...

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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