British mathematician Alan Turing ended his life condemned for being gay, but “The Imitation Game” has finally seen him recognised as a hero who hastened the end of World War II by cracking the Nazis’ ...

In the new movie “Imitation Game, ” Benedict Cumberbatch plays Alan Turing, who helped break the Nazi code during World War II. Director Morten Tyldum’s thrilling biopic on the life of inventor Alan ...

Alan Turing, an ingenious British mathematician, cryptanalyst and, as presented in “The Imitation Game,” difficult personality, seems an unlikely hero. Yet the history-based Turing biopic convincingly ...

If you were asked to name the most important scientist of the 20th century, you would probably say Albert Einstein – after snorting with derision at the simplistic question, of course. Terry Wardrop, ...

The highs and lows of Alan Turing's life, tracking his extraordinary accomplishments, his government persecution through to his tragic death in 1954. In the last 18 months of his short life, Turing ...

The executive chairman of Google argues that the film is "a monumental step" in recognizing "one of the world's most innovative minds and courageous heroes." By Eric Schmidt Eric Schmidt Portrait - P ...

The story of Alan Turing, a gay British code-breaker who saved 14 million lives during World War II, ended tragically with his chemical castration and suicide. Two out-of-work producers brought him ...