In addition to essentially inventing the computer, Alan Turing also broke the German Enigma Code during World War II which paved the way for the D-Day invasion. The man was a hyper-genius. I’ve read descriptions of his work by mathematical physicist Sir Roger Penrose. He’s been a hero of mine ever since.
The level of thought required to come up with the stuff he came up with is totally beyond my comprehension. I actually did not even know about his orientation until much later. He was prosecuted and ordered to undergo chemical castration. Soon thereafter, he committed suicide by eating a cyanide-laced apple.
The government forced him to take estrogen as a punishment (or “cure”?). He began to develop breasts and other side effects.
He committed suicide by biting into a cyanide laced apple. This is supposedly the inspiration for the name/logo of Apple computers.
omfg
omfg
and old Apple computers
the apple was a rainbow
Reblogging again because more people need to know about Turing dammit.
According to QI, Steve Jobs was asked about the logo story, and he said something along the lines of, “It’s not true, but my God, I wish it were.”
Seriously, though, Turing was an amazing man.
CompSci history being interesting and awesome, as usual.
(Source: communism-kills, via typicaltofu)
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