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A Long and Illustrious History

Alan Turing is celebrated for his work in:

ADesigning and building a greatly improved and more efficient steam engine
BTheoretical computer science and laying the foundations of the modern computer
CDiscovering penicillin and developing it as a medical treatment for infections
DDesigning and constructing the first commercial passenger railway in Britain

Explanation

Alan Turing was a British mathematician who invented the theoretical "Turing machine" in the 1930s, which was influential in the development of computer science and the modern computer.

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