TuringA M, 1937“On computable numbers, with an application to the Entscheidungsproblem”Proceedings of the London Mathematical Society (series 2) 42240–265, 43544.
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TuringA M, 1959“Computing machinery and intelligence”Mind October 59 (new series 236) 433–460.
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For a technical historical appraisal, in which Turing's ideas are discussed in relation with von Neumann's: RandellB R, 1972“On Alan Turing and the origins of computers” in Machine Intelligence 7 edited by MeltzerBernardMichieDonald (Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press). Von Neumann's final thoughts are: John von Neumann, 1958 The Computer and the Brain (Yale, CT: Yale University Press).
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Turing's Imitation Game paper is: TuringA M, 1950“Computing machinery and intelligence” cited above. It is reprinted in the very useful collection of AI papers: FeigenbaumE AFeldmanJ (Eds), 1963 Computers and Thought (New York: McGraw-Hill).
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There is a poignantly personal life by his mother: TuringSara, 1959Alan M Turing (Cambridge: Heffers).
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The outstanding biography, with a superb account of the whole range of Turing's ideas and achievements, is: HodgesAndrew, 1983Alan Turing: The Enigma (London: Burnett).
