Britain’s Greatest Codebreaker Biographies, Preview Only, Science, Technology / 15 Comments This drama documentary records the brilliance – and the destruction – of one of the 20th century’s greatest minds. Alan Turing is the genius British mathematician who was instrumental in breaking the ...
Second World War code-breaker Alan Turing has been given a posthumous royal pardon for a 61-year-old conviction for homosexual activity. Dr Turing, who played a pivotal role in breaking the Enigma code, arguably shortening the war by at least two years, was chemically castrated following his ...
CODEBREAKER tells the story of one of the most important people of the 20th century. Alan Turing set in motion the computer age and his World War II codebreaking helped save two million lives. Yet few people have heard his name, know his tragic story, or understand his legacy. In 1954,...
Codebreaker: Directed by Clare Beavan, Nic Stacey. With Ed Stoppard, Henry Goodman, Paul McGann, Asa Briggs. The highs and lows of Alan Turing's life, tracking his extraordinary accomplishments, his government persecution through to his tragic death in 1
LONDON, July 15 (Xinhua) -- Famous World War II codebreaker Alan Turing is to feature on the new 50-pound bank note, the Bank of England announced Monday. The 50-pound note will be the last of the Bank of England collection to switch from paper to polymer when it enters circulation ...
Alan Turing broke the German Enigma code during World War II and devised the Turing machine and the Turing test of computer intelligence. Unabashedly gay, he committed suicide after being convicted of homosexual acts. (Image credit: National Portrait Gallery, London) Alan Turing was a British sc...
The Imitation Gamemovie explored codebreaker Alan Turing’s greatest triumph: his thrilling invention of the WWII Bombe machine which decrypted messages sent by German Enigma cipher machines. WhileBenedict Cumberbatch’s sympathetic portrayal won praise, there is much more to Turing’s controversial...
The Bank of England yesterday said World War II code-breaker Alan Turing had been chosen to feature on the back of Britain’s new 50-pound (US$63) banknote. “Alan Turing was an outstanding mathematician whose work has had an enormous impact on how we live today,” Bank of England gover...
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LONDON (AP) — The rainbow flag flew proudly Thursday above the Bank of England in the heart of London's financial district to commemorate World War II codebreaker Alan Turing, the new face of Britain's 50-pound note.