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The disturbing, involving, always-complex story of British mathematician Alan Turing is a tale crafted to resonate for our time, and the smartly entertaining “The Imitation Game” gives it the kind of crackerjack cinematic presentation that’s pure pleasure to experience.
Nov. 26, 2014
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Sept. 12, 2019
Opinion
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During World War II, Alan Turing, a British mathematician, broke a secret code and helped save England from the Nazis.
Aug. 12, 1991
World & Nation
Code breaker Alan Turing granted royal pardon for gay-sex conviction
Dec. 24, 2013
Code breaker and computing pioneer Alan Turing has been chosen as the face of Britain’s new 50-pound note, the Bank of England announced Monday.
July 15, 2019
LONDON — Nearly 60 years after his death, Alan Turing, the British scientist whose code-breaking work helped the Allies beat Hitler and whom many consider the father of artificial intelligence, received a royal pardon Tuesday for the crime of having had sex with another man.
It’s tempting to view Alan Turing as Britain’s analogue to America’s J. Robert Oppenheimer.
Dec. 26, 2013
Awards
Considering how the subject of “The Imitation Game,” British scientist Alan Turing, was the creator of the proto-computer, it’s only fitting that Norwegian director Morten Tyldum is using one of the most ubiquitous fruits of that revolution, a cellphone, to talk to the media about his lauded film: “If it sounds bad, it’s because I’m grocery shopping with my wife.”
Jan. 1, 2015
In a sense, I’ve been writing “The Imitation Game” since I was 14.
Dec. 11, 2014