A collection of rare scientific papers written by mathematician, computer scientist and Second World War codebreaker Alan Turing has sold for a record £465,400 (€544,400) at auction in Lichfield, UK.

A war hero with a tragic tale had humble beginnings as a pupil of a school in north Dorset.

Alan Turing was instrumental in breaking Nazi Germany’s Enigma code, an achievement that shortened World War II and saved millions of lives. His work remained classified for decades, leaving him ...

Turing is credited as one of the founding fathers of computing. Mathematician and World War II codebreaker, Alan Turing, has been honored by the Bank of England as the new face of the 50 pound note.

Alan Mathison Turing wasn’t just the gay mathematician and computer scientist who helped defeat the Nazis during World War II by cracking their “Enigma” code — he was also a close friend to gay fellow ...

James is a published author with multiple pop-history and science books to his name. He specializes in history, space, strange science, and anything out of the ordinary.View full profile James is a ...

Before we all had what are essentially little powerful computers in our pockets at the ready to solve any problem via search engines and AI, analog machines combined with pen-and-paper math was the go ...

Family background -- Childhood and early boyhood -- At Sherborne School -- At Cambridge -- At the graduate college, Princeton -- Some characteristics -- War work in the foreign office -- At the ...

The story of breaking the unbreakable German Enigma Code by Alan Turing during WWII. Narrated by Keith Morrison of "Dateline," the breaking of Germany's top-secret Enigma Code at Bletchley Park in the ...