On this day is 2013 Queen Elizabeth II granted a posthumous pardon for scientist Alan Turing. Turing is credited with being the father of theoretical computer science and artificial intelligence. The work of the English mathematician, computer scientist, logician, cryptoanalyst, philosopher and theoretical biologist was not fully realised until years after his tragic death. During […]
Mathematician Alan Turing’s greatest achievements were not recognised until after his death Alan Turing is credited with being the father of theoretical computer science and artificial intelligence. The work of the English mathematician, computer scientist, logician, cryptoanalyst, philosopher and theoretical biologist was not fully realised until years after his tragic death. During World War II […]
Many governments have now made formal apologies for laws which imprisoned, fined and traumatised gay men. Do the men who were unfairly targeted by these laws have a case for compensation from the government? Veteran LGBTI rights campaigner Peter Tatchell beleives they do, and he’s joined other prominent campaigners in the United Kingdom to deliver […]
A new BBC drama will mark the 50th anniversary of the decriminalisation of homosexuality in the United Kingdom. Against the Law will recount the case against British conservative politician Lord Montagu who was arrested and put on trial for being gay alongside two other men, his cousin Michael Pitt-Rivers and journalist Peter Wildeblood. The high […]
The Isle of Man has announced it will be moving forward with plans to pardon historical convictions for gay offences. The former Home Affairs Minister, Juan Waterson, has indicated he’s pushing for the pardon’s to be included in a new sexual offences act that will be open for public consultation before the end of the […]
Alan Turing by Jim Eldridge Bloomsbury The Real Lives series of books are narrative accounts of the lives and times of some of the world’s most iconic people and the latest addition to the collection is about the “father of computer science” Alan Turing. Born in 1912, the book identifies markers in his youth that […]
In celebration of of Alan Turing’s royal pardon the makers of the upcoming bio-pic ‘The Imitation Game’ have released the first image of Sherlock Holmes star Benedict Cumberbatch as the famed code breaker. The film, which co-stars Keira Knightly and Charles Dance is expected to be released in 2014. Read more about Alan Turing’s Royal […]
British scientist Alan Turing, one of the grandfather’s of modern computing, has been given a posthumous pardon by Queen Elizabeth II. Turing is remembered for cracking the German enigma code in World War II, one of the allies major breakthroughs in the war. His later work focused on how computers could complete mathematical tasks via […]
