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Playinghardball

(11,665 posts) Sun Jun 23, 2013, 10:29 PM Jun 2013

Happy birthday Alan Turing...RIP

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Turing

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Happy birthday Alan Turing...RIP (Original Post) Playinghardball Jun 2013 OP

studied his work in Physics still_one Jun 2013 #1

well that was a hard story to read hollysmom Jun 2013 #2

His work was essential on Enigma suffragette Jun 2013 #3

Individual most single-handedly responsible for defeating the Nazis. byronius Jun 2013 #4

still_one

(98,883 posts)

1. studied his work in Physics

Reply to Playinghardball (Original post)

Sun Jun 23, 2013, 10:31 PM

Jun 2013

hollysmom

(5,946 posts)

2. well that was a hard story to read

Reply to Playinghardball (Original post)

Sun Jun 23, 2013, 10:36 PM

Jun 2013

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

Reply to Playinghardball (Original post)

Sun Jun 23, 2013, 11:39 PM

Jun 2013

The brutality of what was done to him was shameful.

byronius

(7,973 posts)

4. Individual most single-handedly responsible for defeating the Nazis.

Reply to Playinghardball (Original post)

Mon Jun 24, 2013, 04:55 PM

Jun 2013

And that's a fact.

Churchill picked him, but later failed to defend him.

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