There was an awkward moment for Alan one
day when he was relaxing on a boat, out on the water;
he met Joan Clarke, who was in a passing boat. Joan
who recognized Alan waved and smiled. Alan spoke
with his companion Fred about Joan. He told Fred of the
broken engagement. They talked about freedom and
relationships, and their respective decisions…
On the 30 September 1947 Alan resumed his
King’s fellowship. He was 35. The winter was spent on
various topics, none of which absorbing attention. The
only published evidence of his ACE work – the numerical
analysis paper – was finished in November. And most of
all he wanted to understand more about ‘thinking’.
As the author of the book “Alan Turing: The
Enigma” says: “Everyone had been slow to adjust to the
realities of the post-war period.” And as it turned out
breaking the Enigma was much easier than the problem
of dealing with other people for Alan Turing.
Another important point of Alan’s life was
when he went to Manchester and worked there for a
certain period. He created the Manchester computer
which was small.
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