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Happy birthday Alan Turing...RIP (Original Post)
Playinghardball
Jun 2013
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still_one
(92,212 posts)1. studied his work in Physics
hollysmom
(5,946 posts)2. well that was a hard story to read
It did indicate that he did not intend to kill himself but was an electroplating accident, I guess that is not as romantic though.
Still, the way they treated him was not right.
suffragette
(12,232 posts)3. His work was essential on Enigma
The brutality of what was done to him was shameful.
byronius
(7,395 posts)4. Individual most single-handedly responsible for defeating the Nazis.
And that's a fact.
Churchill picked him, but later failed to defend him.