图灵的知识聚焦

Eddingtonwascarefultosaythatinsomesensethetheoryactuallyworked,foritproducednumberswhichagreedwiththeoutcomeofexperiments.爱丁顿很小心地说，在某些情况下，这套理论是好用的，因为与实验结果相符。Alanhadgrasped...

ItwasalsopartoftheKing'sattitudetolifethatitregardedgames,partiesandgossiptobenaturalpleasures,andassumedthatcleverpeoplewouldstillenjoyordinarythings.国王学院的生活态度还包括，把游戏、聚会和闲聊当...

Hehadclungtothesimpleamidstthedistractingandfrighteningcomplexityoftheworld.Yethewasnotanarrowman.在这个充满诱惑、又令人恐惧的复杂世界中，图灵坚持着保持自己纯粹而简单。然而他并不是个坐井观天的人。MrsTur...

IlookbackonholidaysinCornwallandSarkamongthegreatenjoymentsofmylife:inallhiscompanionshipandwhimsicalhumour,andthediffidentshakeoftheheadandratherhighpitchedvoiceashepropoundedsomequestionorobjectiono...

Formnowtheassemblageofclasseswhicharenotmembersofthemselves.Thisisaclass:isitamemberofitselfornot?考虑一个集合，它的元素是所有的“不属于自己的集合”，那这个集合本身属不属于它自己？Ifitis,itisoneofthoseclass...

E.B.Strauss,theJungianpsychoanalyst,whomRobinhadknownforalongtime,AreferencetoanincidentinRobin'sboyhood,whentheexiledEmperorofAbyssiniahadresidednearhishome,andhadinvitedRobinandhismothertotea.E...

DearMother,亲爱的妈妈：Thankyouforsocksetc.谢谢你的短袜等等AmthinkingofgoingtoRussiasometimeinvacbuthavenotyetquitemadeupmymind.我想放假某时去苏联待一阵子，但还没决定。Ihavejoinedanorganisationcalledthe&#...

E.M.Forster,outdoingtheKing'sheresywithgrandbravura,hadwrittenin1938thatifhewerefacedwiththechoicebetweenbetrayinghiscountryandbetrayinghisfriends,hehopedhewouldhavethecouragetobetrayhiscountry.19...

Alanrespondedwithjoytotheabsolutequalityofmathematics,itsapparentindependenceofhumanaffairs,whichG.H.Hardyexpressedanotherway:10艾伦非常喜欢数学的这种超脱世俗之外的特点。G.H.哈代从另一个角度阐释这种特...

Hisruthless,rawviewofsciencewassomethingthatLynNewmanagaincapturedwithanimageofhimas'theAlchemist'oftheseventeenthcenturyorbefore—recallingatimewhensciencewasnotshroudedintitlesandpatronagean...

Quantummechanicspresentedafineexampleofwheretheexpansionandliberationofmathematicsforitsownsakehadpaidoffinphysics.量子力学是一个很好的例子，说明数学的扩展成功地应用于物理学。Ithadprovednecessarytocreat...

…IamhalfsorryitisnottobetheClockhouseasIshouldlikeverymuchtoseeitandeverythingthatMorcomhastoldmeaboutthere–butIdon'tgetinvitedtogotoGibraltareverydayoftheweek.我很遗憾不是去钟屋，我很想去那看看默...

NaturalWondersdidnothavemuchtosayaboutchemistry,exceptintermsofpoisons.AstrongdefenceofTemperance,nottosayProhibition,flowedfromBrewster'sscientificpen:《自然奇迹》里面没有讲太多的化学，只有一点关于...

HediedonaWhitMonday,thecoldestandwettestWhitMondayforfiftyyears,asithappened.图灵死的那天，是降灵节后的星期一。Wasit,symbolically,thedayafterinspiration,whenthespiritwasbeginningtogiveout?这是50年来最冷...

ButtheworldofKeynesandForster,thepartiesandcomingsandgoingsofBloomsburypeople,layfaraboveAlan'shead.但是凯恩斯和福斯特，布鲁斯伯里派，对艾伦来说，却是高高在上的。TherewasaglossinessaboutKing's,whose...

Thepointof'positivevetting'wasthatitwastobea'searchinginvestigationintoaperson'sbackgroundandcharacter'.而针对性审查则不同，不但要详细地审查一个人的背景和性格，This,inparticular,includ...

Forsevenyears,EthelandEvieledthelifeofyoungladiesofCoonoor–drivingoutincarriagestoleavevisitingcards,paintinginwater-colours,appearinginamateurtheatricalsandattendingformaldinnersandballsinthelavisha...

ItwasAlecWaugh'saccusationthatSherborneprovidedatrainingin–metaphoricallyspeaking–usingtwohalvesofthebrainindependently.'Thinking',orratherofficialthinking,wentoninonehemisphere,andordin...

'Einsteinherethrowsdoubt,'Alancommented,'onwhetherEuclid'saxioms,whenappliedtorigidbodies,hold.…Hethereforesetsouttotest…theGalilei-Newtonianlawsoraxioms.'Hehadidentifiedthecruci...

VictorwouldsaytoAlan,'Look,noonehaseverbeenabletoteachyouanymathematics–perhapsyouhaveremembereditfromapreviouslife.'But,asVictorsawit,Alancouldnotbelieveinsuchathing'withoutamathematical...

ThisincipientrivalrywasfurthercomplicatedbythefactthatathirdBritishelectroniccomputerprojectwasinitiatedinmid-1946.在初期的竞争中，还有一件事，使局面变得更为复杂，那就是在1946年，英国的第三个电子计算机工程启...

Turing'sfondofthefootballfield图灵为什么喜欢冰球场Forgeometricproblemsthetouch-linesyield因为边线是一道几何题Lateranotherversehadhim'watchingthedaisiesgrow'duringhockey,animagewhichinspire...

Itisonlytheshallowestmindthatcansupposethatalltheadvanceofdiscoverybringsusappreciablynearertothesolutionoftheriddlesoftheuniversewhichhavehauntedmanfromthebeginning…只有最肤浅的脑子，才会认为那些新发...

TheWilmslownewspaperheadlinewas:威姆斯洛当地报纸的头条登出：UNIVERSITYREADERPUTONPROBATION大学教授被处缓刑TOhaveOrgano-TherapicTreatment必须接受化学阉割AlanwrotetoPhilipHall,twoweekslater:两个星期后，图灵...

Asapsychologicalblow,thiswasprobablybutaminoronecomparedwiththeothersof1952.对图灵来说，这肯定是一次精神打击，不过相比于1952年他遭受的其它打击来说，这又不算什么。In1950aSenatesubcommitteehadenquiredintothee...