Fact 235: Who Invented computer science?

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Fact 235: Who Invented computer science?

Computer science was invented by Alan Turing and in simple words it is the study of computers and computational systems.

Alan Turing published a paper on the 28th May 1936 called On Computable Numbers (the full title is On Computable Numbers, with an application to the Entscheidungsproblem) Alan Turing was Just 24 years old at the time of publication the paper is basically the complete foundation of computer science.


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