The Enigma was the Germans innovative constantly changing code system and it took a new type of machine to break it - an early mechanical version of the digital computer.

Alan Turing famously developed the 'Turing Test' and he was also a pioneer of the Artificial Intelligence programme and non-linear dynamics in biology.

His ideas, developed in the first half of the last century, continue to shape the world of academia, business and communications.

Turing is a true icon of the 20th century, a great forerunner in the field of computers. His ultimate goal was to merge the fields of biology, mathematics and computers to create the ultimate - a thinking machine. More and more people now believe that his 'outlandish' prediction will become commonplace in this, the 21st century.

There are many parallels between the lives of Eduardo Paolozzi and Alan Turing and an extraordinary interplay between the mechanical and creative aspects of their lives and skills is revealed in the Turing Collection.