Codebreaker The Alan Turing Story

Alan Turing is the genius British mathematician who helped save millions of lives by breaking the German naval Enigma code during World War II. He also was the visionary scientist who gave birth to the computer age, pioneered artificial intelligence, and was the first to investigate the mathematical underpinnings of the living world. Turing is one of the great original thinkers of the 20th century who foresaw the digital world in which we now live. Instead of recognition for his genius, Alan Turing was driven to a terrible despair and early death by the nation he had done so much to save. Turing ended up being treated as a common criminal, simply for being homosexual at a time when it was illegal. In 1952, he was convicted of gross indecency with another man and was forced to undergo so-called organo-therapy or chemical castration. Two years later, he killed himself with cyanide at the age 41.