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Breaking the Code is a 1986 British play by Hugh Whitemore about British mathematician Alan Turing, who was a key player in the breaking of the German Enigma code at Bletchley Park during World War II and a pioneer of computer science. The play thematically links Turing's cryptographic activities with his attempts to grapple with his homosexuality.
Codebreaker, also known as Britain's Greatest Codebreaker, is a 2011 television docudrama aired on Channel 4 about the life of Alan Turing.The film had a limited release in the U.S. beginning on 17 October 2012.
Alan Mathison Turing (/ ˈ tj ʊər ɪ ŋ /; 23 June 1912 – 7 June 1954) was an English mathematician, computer scientist, logician, cryptanalyst, philosopher and theoretical biologist. [5]
Alan Turing's last published paper revealed the mathematics behind the beautiful patterns that adorn the natural world. Alan Turing: how the world's most famous codebreaker unlocked the secrets of ...
The clues that excite me the most are the Alice Childress reference at 39-Across, the new angle on a very common crossword entry at 32-Across, and the shout-out to the city I live in at 54-Down.
Codebreaker or Code breaker may also refer to: The Codebreakers, a 1967 book on history of cryptography by David Kahn; Code:Breaker, a 2008 manga by Akimine Kamijyo; Code Breakers, a 2005 American TV film about West Point; The Code-Breakers, a 2006 British documentary film about software; Codebreaker, a 2011 British film about Alan Turing
Roman numerals: for example the word "six" in the clue might be used to indicate the letters VI; The name of a chemical element may be used to signify its symbol; e.g., W for tungsten; The days of the week; e.g., TH for Thursday; Country codes; e.g., "Switzerland" can indicate the letters CH; ICAO spelling alphabet: where Mike signifies M and ...
Turing fires Furman and Richards and places a difficult crossword in newspapers to find replacements. Cambridge graduate Joan Clarke passes Turing's test but her family will not allow her to work with the male cryptographers. Turing arranges for her to live and work with the women who intercept the messages, and shares his plans with her.