Task 1. Read the texts. Decide if the statements below them relate to Turing, Berners-Lee or both

1. He was born in London.

2. He studied at Cambridge University.

3. He built his first computer being a university student.

4. He has a degree in physics.

5. He is the founder of computer science.

6. He worked only in the United Kingdom.

Task 2. What events/dates do the following numbers refer to?

Task 3. Answer the questions about the two scientists

1. What idea was Alan Turing taken by at the beginning of his career?

2. Why is Turing machine universal?

3. What was Turing’s contribution to a decipherment of German messages?

4. Why did the Bletchley team begin building Colossus?

5. What were advantages of the Colossus computer over the Bombe?

6. How is Colossus compared with a modern PC?

7. Why did Alan Turing die?

8. What does the fame of Tim Berners-Lee come from?

9. What sort of scientist is Berners-Lee?

10. What is a hypertext?

11. What achievements is Berners-Lee most proud of?

Task 4. Group work

Group A. Make a list of the most important events in Alan Turing’s life.

Group B. Make a list of the most important events in Tim Berners-Lee’s life.

Task 5. Talk on Alan Turing or Tim Berners-Lee using the lists made

Unit 12

HE HAS LEFT MATHEMATICIANS ENOUGH TO KEEP THEM BUSY FOR FIVE HUNDRED YEARS.

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