Undergraduate numbers increased from eight per year to 40 and then 60. In 1948 Newman recruited Alan Turing as Reader in the department, and he worked there until his death in 1954, completing some of his profound work on the foundations of computer science including Computing Machinery and Intelligence.
Undergraduate numbers grew from eight per year to 40 and then 60. In 1948 Newman hired Alan Turing as Reader in the department, and he worked there until his death in 1954, completing some of his significant work on computer science foundations including Computing Machinery and Intelligence.