Alan Turing

PEOPLE

Alan Turing had a brilliant mind and played a key role in breaking the Enigma code during WWII—but his ultimate fate is one of history's greatest tragedies.

THINGS

Espionage, arcane knowledge, sometimes just for fun—throughout history, cryptographers have developed increasingly intricate codes and ever-more elegant ways to solve them. Today, with the help of computer algorithms and artificial intelligence, we can crack some...

THINGS

Espionage, arcane knowledge, sometimes just for fun—throughout history, cryptographers have developed increasingly intricate codes and ever-more elegant ways to solve them. Today, with the help of computer algorithms and artificial intelligence, we can crack some...

INSTANT

“From a very young age, I knew about the legend of Alan Turing – among awkward, nerdy teenagers, he is a patron saint. He never fit in, but accomplished these wonderful things, as part of a secret...



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