World War II British mathematician and code-breaker Alan Turing. A 56-page handwritten notebook belonging to World War II Nazi code-breaker Alan Turing sold for more than $1 million at auction Monday ...

Alan Turing was a British code-breaker whose work is often credited with cracking the German Enigma code and helping end World War II. Cambridge University called him one of the greatest minds of the ...

It began as an attempt to avoid loneliness. But in 1944, when young Margaret Francis joined the British military, she became part of a historic project now the subject of a major Oscar contender.

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. Alan Turing, a crack code-breaker 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 ...

Cumberbatch stars in The Imitation Game, as the British mathematician who helped break German codes. "It's a war thriller, it's a love story and a... Benedict Cumberbatch: Code Breaker Alan Turing Was ...

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 ...