Simply wrong, the Polish were indebted to Turing's work, for which they acknowledged this. Turing's work was of course top secret as was the Polish contigent, they would never have succeeded if it wasn't for Turing's work.
Alan Turing is attributed for cracking enigma codes used for German sub locations. He is responsible for the basic cpu arcitecture we use today as well as first to conceive the principles behind DNA. Also machine intelligence, not to be confused with AI. See subsumption for present day adaptation of M.I. or the toy Pleo for demonstration.
@jasonscottpage Don't forget that he also gave us some of the most important theory of computation we have today. Also putting the final nail following Godel in Hilbert's Program. Which I would say is his most important scientific contribution but, he made tons upon tons of very fundamental contributions. It's a real shame that he is not given the credit by those who hear the same name as Einstein or Dirac when he had if not equal or more influence on today's age.
Granted, Polish cryptanalysts were extremely helpful, providing an early commercial version of the Enigma, breaking many ciphers; however, once the war actually started, Germany added additional security features to make Enigma stronger. Poland had neither the money nor manpower to deal with the improved version.
without the work of rejewski (poland), turing would have to start from scratch. true, when germany made the enigma stronger, rejewski was not able to break the code anymore. on the other hand, breaking the enigma initially was done by the polish even before WWII started. they got the constructions plan from the french, who in turn got the construction plans from a disgruntled german spy named hans-thilo schmidt, who commited suicide in 1943, after being caught by the gestapo.
Simply wrong, the Polish were indebted to Turing's work, for which they acknowledged this. Turing's work was of course top secret as was the Polish contigent, they would never have succeeded if it wasn't for Turing's work.
ThinWhiteDuke2007 4 years ago 3
Alan Turing is attributed for cracking enigma codes used for German sub locations. He is responsible for the basic cpu arcitecture we use today as well as first to conceive the principles behind DNA. Also machine intelligence, not to be confused with AI. See subsumption for present day adaptation of M.I. or the toy Pleo for demonstration.
jasonscottpage 4 years ago 4
@jasonscottpage Don't forget that he also gave us some of the most important theory of computation we have today. Also putting the final nail following Godel in Hilbert's Program. Which I would say is his most important scientific contribution but, he made tons upon tons of very fundamental contributions. It's a real shame that he is not given the credit by those who hear the same name as Einstein or Dirac when he had if not equal or more influence on today's age.
Entertainmentwf 11 months ago
Turing did not break enigma... Two Polish professors Reyewski and Zygalski broke enigma and designed computing bomb in the 30s.
beckett1939 4 years ago
sorry, it was mostly thanks to polish contribution. They made most of the work, like 80%.
zyguli 4 years ago
Actually you are completely wrong.
Granted, Polish cryptanalysts were extremely helpful, providing an early commercial version of the Enigma, breaking many ciphers; however, once the war actually started, Germany added additional security features to make Enigma stronger. Poland had neither the money nor manpower to deal with the improved version.
Alan Turing beat Adolf Hitler. Pure and simple.
itinerantly 4 years ago
without the work of rejewski (poland), turing would have to start from scratch. true, when germany made the enigma stronger, rejewski was not able to break the code anymore. on the other hand, breaking the enigma initially was done by the polish even before WWII started. they got the constructions plan from the french, who in turn got the construction plans from a disgruntled german spy named hans-thilo schmidt, who commited suicide in 1943, after being caught by the gestapo.
JosefSchery 1 year ago
As an afternote, there is a monument to the Polish cryptanalysts at Bletchley Park honoring their contribution.
itinerantly 4 years ago
if the polish made a significant contribution its something to be celebrated i agree, i think to many making a patriotic contribution here
johnboy14 2 years ago