Cardiff Skeptics in the Pub

Welcome to Cardiff Skeptics!

Skeptics in the Pub is an informal, relaxed lecture series based around critical thinking. It was founded in London by Dr Scott Campbell in 1999, as way for rationalists to get together and hear about the bizarre and extraordinary claims and a way of looking at them scientifically.

It's now spread all over England and Scotland, and is growing worldwide. Cardiff Skeptics, founded by Dean Burnett and Alice Sheppard, is the first of to date three Skeptics in the Pubs in Wales.

From September 2010, we will meet on the third Monday of every month. We'll have a guest speaker, questions, and a relaxing evening with food, drink and socialising!

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We both have our own Skeptics in the Pub talks - Dean's is here and Alice's here if you'd like to invite either of us to speake at yours!

If you'd like to know more, or would be interested in being a speaker, please fill out the contact form or e-mail us at walessitp@gmail.com.

Alan Turing and the Enigma Machine

A History of the Man and the Code

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When?
Monday, December 17 2012 at 7:00PM

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Where?
The Promised Land
4 Windsor Place
Cardiff
South Glamorgan
CF10 3BX
029 2039 8998

Who?
Dr James Grime

What's the talk about?

Alan Turing was one of our great 20th century mathematicians, and a pioneer of computer science. However, he may best be remembered as one of the leading code breakers of Bletchley Park during World War II. It was Turing's brilliant insights and mathematical mind that helped to break Enigma, the apparently unbreakable code used by the German military. We present a history of both Alan Turing and the Enigma, leading up to this fascinating battle of man against machine - including a full demonstration of an original WWII Enigma Machine!

Dr James Grime is a mathematician and public speaker who works for the Millennium Mathematics Project at the University of Cambridge. 

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