A blue plaque on the wall of a former Maida Vale nursing home marks the birthplace of a legendary Second World War Two codebreaker and computing pioneer. Alan Turing was born to Ethel Sara Turing at ...

Papers belonging to World War Two codebreaker Alan Turing have sold for a record-breaking £465,400 at auction. The mathematician's paper archive - which narrowly escaped being shredded - include a ...

The British codebreaker Alan Turing who laid the foundations for the study of artificial intelligence (AI) is due to be honoured with a new permanent public art commission in Bletchley. Three artists ...

Cache of Turing’s work was almost shredded after being discovered in a house clearance in London last year A cache of Alan Turing’s most important scientific papers have been sold for £465,000 at ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Rare papers of Enigma codebreaker Alan Turing fetch record sum at UK auction A collection of rare scientific papers written by ...

Alan Turing, the Second World War codebreaker widely regarded as the father of modern computing, may not have committed suicide but died as a result of an accident, an academic has claimed. Evidence ...

In 1939, after the outbreak of World War II, the Allied forces facing Germany had a problem. While it was easy to intercept German wireless communications, their content was difficult to decipher as ...

Estate agent pulls advert after blue plaque claiming celebrated codebreaker lived at cottage is disputed Jacob Freedland covers politics and home affairs north of the border. From the key players ...

Dermot Turing: ‘My uncle Alan wasn’t a particularly good codebreaker’ Alan Turing’s nephew on why he shouldn't be known for solving Enigma, and the uncomfortable truth about our Bletchley Park ...

Scientific papers belonging to the Second World War codebreaker and computing pioneer Alan Turing which were nearly shredded after being discovered in a loft have sold for a total of £465,400 at ...