St. Mary’s Hospital, Paddington, London. MA. MB, BCh, 1957
Research Scholar at the Medical Research Council Applied Psychology Unit, Cambridge,
1957-58. It was at MRCAPU that I built “LETTUCE”, the Logical Truth Computer, with
the intention of comparing machine intelligence with that of the human brain.
Schools: The Cathedral Choir School, Salisbury, and Oundle School, Northants.
Downing College, Cambridge, 1951-54. Part 1 Natural Sciences Tripos in Anatomy,
Physiology, Pathology and Biochemistry; Part 2 in Experimental Psychology (then
a new discipline) under Richard Gregory, who taught me to think outside the box.
Posts: Jurby (Isle of Man), R.A.E., and Institute of Aviation Medicine, Farnborough.
Research areas : anti-aircraft missile guidance systems, servo-controls for high-speed
aircraft, and the effects of anoxia at high altitude on the brain.
Pilot Officer, Royal Air Force, 1958-60.