Saturday, June 23, 2012

Turing Shrouded

Saturday, 23 June 2012

If you have Google set as your home page, you’ll be aware that today marks the centenary of the birth of Alan Turing, mathematician, code breaker, father of the modern computer and all-round tortured soul. For that reason I figured it was  appropriate to finally get round to taking a photo of the statue in his memory to found in Sackville Gardens in Manchester, so off I popped this morning. If I’m honest, it’s not the best work I’ve ever seen, but it does commemorate Turing’s links to the city [...]

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