Alan Turing, a brilliant mathematician and forgotten hero of the Second World War, played a huge part in the Allied victory by breaking the Germans’ codes… before persecution related to his homosexuality drove him to suicide.
It’s fairly uncommon for a scientist to have such an influence on the course of history – and then pay such a heavy price for his success! His life, which brings together the history of warfare and the history of ideas in a pretty unique way, also offers an opportunity to discover a little-known aspect of World War II.
