Der Fall Alan Turing

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Die Geschichte und Tragödie eines außergewöhnlichen Genies

Arnaud Delalande, Éric Liberge

Published: May 2021
Format: Hardcover
ISBN: 978-3-903290-44-0
Pages: 80
Language: German
Published by: Banhoe Books
Manufacturer according to GPSR: Fischerstiege Verlag GmbH (bahoe books), Fischerstiege 4–8/2/3, 1010 Wien, Österreich, info@bahoebooks.net

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London, 1938. The British Secret Service recruits a brilliant young mathematician: Alan Turing. His task: to decipher the codes of Enigma, the machine that transmits Hitler's instructions to his troops. All attempts to decipher these codes have failed so far.

Under complete secrecy, he embarks on this race against time. And succeeds. By cracking the Enigma code, Turing gives the Allies an advantage that helps decide the outcome of the Second World War. Along the way, he lays the foundation for the development of the computer.

His Turing machine is still part of every computer science degree programme today.

His success should have led him to the pinnacle of fame, but he was forced to hide and remain in the shadows because he was persecuted for his homosexuality in puritanical England.