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We can say that before and during this war , Alan ’ s life was filled with significant and important events , but let ’ s see what happened in it after the end of WW II …
In 1945 Alan ’ s interest was on the Delilah . The Delilah actually worked . “ Alan had created a sophisticated piece of electronic technology out of nothing , and it worked ”. The Delilah was finished at about the time of the German surrender . During those days we can say that Alan Turing had learned how to build a brain – an electronic brain . Working with one assistant in a small hut , an English homosexual atheist mathematician had conceived of the computer . Even at that time he was still the least political person – in that aspect nothing changed . Apart from his scientific work , Alan continued with his passion for running . He was called “ an electronic athlete ” by the sports reporter of the Evening News regarding the authorship of the digital computer … Monday 18 August was declared to be the official start to building the ACE . At that time Alan went on with his marathons as well . He had tried himself out against much stronger competition than that of the local suburban clubs . In the Southern Countries ten-mile championship he had done ‘ very badly ’, but two weeks later at the National ten-mile event had come in sixty-second place out of three hundred runners . He had taken running rather seriously .
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