18+: Alan Turing — the mathematician who cracked Enigma and…

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Did you know? Alan Turing — the mathematician who cracked Enigma and conceived the modern computer — was prosecuted in 1952 for "gross indecency" for being in a gay relationship. He chose chemical castration over prison. Two years later he killed himself. In 2013 Queen Elizabeth II granted him a posthumous royal pardon.

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Alan Turing — the mathematician who cracked Enigma and conceived the modern computer — was prosecuted in 1952 for "gross indecency" for being in a gay relationship. He chose chemical castration over prison. Two years later he killed himself. In 2013 Queen Elizabeth II granted him a posthumous royal pardon.

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