The second part of our story of Alan Turing and the Enigma machine ties in with the Top Secret Exhibition, on cyphers, codebreaking and cybersecurity at the Science Museum in London. In this month’s instalment, our brilliant history author Scott Caldwell assesses how Alan Turing paved the way for the later development of computer science, artificial intelligence and machine intelligence. He also looks at Turing’s inspirations, and at how his private life was used against him. The article makes for fascinating reading, at a time when the legacies of the Bletchley Park codebreakers are undergoing a major reassessment. 

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