Alan Turing's Brilliant but Overlooked Scientific Breakthrough

Alan Turing is known as a genius mathematician, cryptanalyst, logician, and the father of modern computer science and A.I. You'll hear a lot about Turing's fascinating, inspiring, and ultimately tragic life in The Imitation Game, starring Benedict Cumberbatch, but you may not know about his contribution to biological sciences-- one of his last great accomplishments. How did he form a major theory of morphogenesis? And why did it take until just recently to validate it? Kim Horcher discusses with science educator and actress, Christina Ochoa! (Know Brainer podcast at http://www.kbwebsite.com/) Read more: http://motherboard.vice.com/read/alan-turings-most-underrated-discovery-was-also-among-his-greatest ***************************************­************* SUBSCRIBE and you won't miss a single Nerd Alert! http://dft.ba/-5yMt On Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/NerdAlertTYT ON TWITTER: https://twitter.com/Christina_Ochoa https://twitter.com/NerdAlertTYT https://twitter.com/kimscorcher Nerd Alert: Bringing you tech news, gaming, geek culture and more every day of the week with host Kim Horcher and friends. Part of the TYT Network of shows. http://youtube.com/user/nerdalert