"The Imitation Game" helped make World War II code breaker Alan Turing a household name. But for all the attention he has gotten for breaking Nazi Germany's Enigma code, the British mathematician ...

Alan Turing – a brilliant British mathematician and one of the leading scientific geniuses of the 20th century, is regarded as the father of modern computer science and artificial intelligence.

The 50-pound note is getting a facelift. The Bank of England announced renowned mathematician and engineer Alan Turing would be honored by having his image placed on the highest-denomination of ...

Britain should be publicly shamed every day over letting Turing be prosecuted and eventually commit suicide because he was ...

This story first appeared in the Down to the Wire issue of TheWrap magazine. A rare look into the mind of Alan Turing is hitting the auction block just a few months after the release of “The Imitation ...

He used his genius at maths to crack the Nazis' Enigma code, helping speed up the Allies' victory. But before that, Alan Turing turned his mind to a less vital but potentially more profitable task – ...

World War II had many heroes whose names everyone knows: Winston Churchill, Dwight Eisenhower, and Douglas MacArthur are only a few. But those who worked behind the scenes are less known, often ...

This article is extracted from Alan Turing: The Enigma: The Book that Inspired the Film The Imitation Game. Some text has been added by Newsweek to connect these extracts into a single narrative. On ...

This Saturday June 23 marks the hundredth anniversary of Alan Turing's birth. Though the scientist and mathematician passed away over half a century ago, he is still remembered today for his ...

1912: Alan Turing, who will go on to become one of the 20th century’s greatest mathematicians, computer scientists and philosophers, is born. Turing is probably best known to Wired readers as the ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I cover the history of science and exploration. Alan Turing's last paper may help produce fresh, clean drinking water someday soon ...