Well that’s overdue, but Merry Christmas Eve! Queen Elizabeth has finally officially pardoned Alan Turing. He was convicted of being a homosexual despite his amazing work breaking the Enigma Code during WWII.
Helen Boyd Kramer's journal on gender and stuff
Well that’s overdue, but Merry Christmas Eve! Queen Elizabeth has finally officially pardoned Alan Turing. He was convicted of being a homosexual despite his amazing work breaking the Enigma Code during WWII.
I recommended this video to a student tonight, and was glad to find it online. I caught it late one night a few years back, and it struck me as something like a perfect tribute to the man then as it does now.
I was reminded of it by the recent story on Alan Turing.