Tag Archives: Alan Turing

The Mozart Problem: Educating Exceptional Children

Posted on July 2, 2020 by odeboyz

He was playing the harpsichord and the violin at the age of five, and writing little pieces of music.* Introduction Mozart’s father was a musician and realised Wolfgang was exceptional. Leopold home schooled his son, constantly expanding his musical frontiers. … Continue reading →

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Naval Intelligence*: the Royal Navy, 1940

Posted on July 19, 2016 by odeboyz

At the end of the campaign, the Commander-in-Chief of the Home Fleet complained that “it is most galling that the enemy should know just where our ships…always are, whereas we generally learn where his major forces are when they sink … Continue reading →

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Alan Turing 1952- 54

Posted on October 22, 2013 by odeboyz

Alan loved in a furtive, shaming sort of way Meeting wicked men in their club (a municipal toilet hidden deep in shadowy parks) Visible only to the prying eyes Of venomous acolytes of public decency Defending their threatened sexuality. Manchester … Continue reading →

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