Humankind’s finest stories, told as illustrated timelines.
True stories. But what if?
Today’s pick:
Turing: Breaking the Unbreakable
What if Turing had never taken on the German navy’s code?
In brief
In 1939, nobody else at Bletchley Park was working on the German navy’s Enigma code, so Alan Turing chose to work on it. Turing’s work became central to breaking the code. In 1952, Britain put Turing on trial for being gay.
18 min read1930 – 2021
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