A handwritten notebook by Alan Turing, the World War II code-breaking genius depicted by Benedict Cumberbatch in the Oscar-nominated The Imitation Game, is going on the auction block. The 56-page ...

Alan Turing, the 'Father of modern computing,' born on June 23, 1912, revolutionized technology with his Turing machine concept. His codebreaking during World War II significantly shortened the war.

During the second world war, Alan Turing was recruited by the Allies to crack the coded messages used by the Nazis. At first they seemed near-impossible to decipher, but using a combination of ...

Scientific papers by codebreaking war hero Alan Turing which were discovered in a loft are expected to fetch £150,000 at auction – after almost being shredded. The incredible archive was found ...

Codebreaking Second World War veterans smiled as they reunited at the scene of their wartime service in Bletchley Park, near Milton Keynes. British codebreakers, including Alan Turing, were based at ...

Benedict Cumberbatch’s portrait of a halting, frustrated, brilliant Alan Turing in The Imitation Game, 2014 has beamed the Cambridge mathematician’s unique contributions to modern digital computing ...

The Queen today hailed Britain's Second World War codebreakers whose vital work remained unknown for decades. The Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh met veterans and unveiled a monument at Bletchley Park ...

I would like to be emailed about offers, event and updates from Evening Standard. Read our privacy notice. I sadly never had the opportunity to meet my uncle, Alan Turing. We share some very basic ...

Codebreaker Ruth Bourne, who worked alongside Alan Turing to crack the German's Enigma code, has died aged 98. After joining the Wrens (Women's Royal Naval Service), Ms Bourne, from High Barnet in ...