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How does a fertilized egg develop into a newborn baby animal? This is one of the most fascinating questions in life science. In 1952 a mathematical theory of “morphogenesis” was proposed by a fascinating man, Alan Turing. Turing was an undergraduate student at Princeton University, a code breaker in England during World War II, a pioneering computer scientist, and an amateur biologist. This will be his story.

About the Instructor

John Tyson, Ph.D. was a professor of biological sciences at Virginia Tech for 42 years. John’s research focused on the cell division cycle and cancer. He and his wife, Linda, moved to Dock Woods in 2020. John grew up in Horsham and Linda in Southampton. Besides Virginia, they have lived in Germany, Austria, England, and Hungary over the years, as John pursued his academic career.