"The Imitation Game" helped make World War II code breaker Alan Turing a household name. But for all the attention he has gotten for breaking Nazi Germany's Enigma code, the British mathematician ...

Papers written by Alan Turing during his famous work breaking the Germans' "Enigma" code have been found being used as crude insulation in a hut where the pioneering computer scientist and ...

Alan Turing’s lost notebook, in which he worked on the foundations of modern computer science, was sold for a whopping $1,025,000 at the Fine Books & Manuscripts Sale at Bonhams, which took place ...

NEW YORK (AP) — 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 ...

Alan Turing was a British mathematician who both broke the infamous Enigma code, enabling Britain to stay alive during WWII, and also the father of computer science and artificial intelligence. He’s ...

If you have watched any films or read any books on the history of computers then you have probably heard of the Enigma machine, a machine designed to cipher messages before they are sent out. If you ...

BLETCHLEY Park was the central site for Britain’s codebreakers during the Second World War, and is now earmarked for a new generation of code crackers. It famously housed Alan Turing and the team he ...

Alan Turing, a mathematician and code breaker who deciphered German World War II messages, will appear on Britain's new 50 pound note. The Bank of England made the announcement Monday that Turing, who ...

Alan Turing, a crack code-breaker and visionary mathematician who was convicted under Victorian-era homophobic laws, will be the face of Britain’s new £50 note. Bank of England Governor Mark Carney ...

Apple Watch and Android Wear is cool and everything, but the best wrist wearables are often made from Arduino boards and some tinkering, much like this super great Enigma watch. Although known ...

ANCHOR INTRO: Benedict Cumberbatch has played a dragon as well as Sherlock Holmes. This Christmas, KPBS arts reporter Beth Accomando says you can find him playing the mathematician who helped break ...

The British government chemically castrated Alan Turing. Now it wants to say that wasn't quite cricket. Or, rather, it wants to pardon him for the heinous crime of having been a homosexual. As the ...