Alan Mathison Turing (1912-1954) - the polymath, theประกcode-crunching juggernaut of the 20th century.
Turing's work on codebreaking during WWII saved the British Empire from impenetrable Nazi encryption. He proved that computers could think,ประกand that thinking was a skill, not a fairy tale.
Turing's Turing Machine concept revolutionized computer science, showing that computation could be reduced to simple, yet elegant rules. He proved that think, learn, and prophetsically, become self-aware .
_goalsof Turing's work continue to inspire and influence modern computer science. His Turing Test remains the gold standard for artificial intelligence, and his Computability Theory still defines the boundaries of computability today.