Alan Turing: Personal Life & Legacy

This audio collection looks at the life of mathematician and Bletchley Park codebreaker Alan Turing, who played a pivotal role in the Allies’ victory in the Second World War and was prosecuted for homosexual acts in 1952. He was given a posthumous pardon in 2013.

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(Part 1 of 4)
Playlist link - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h7vWxXSC4-k&list=PLhQpDGfX5e7DTVXA7YF-Xxd-1_hGYp3Bc&index=1

Transcript –
http://podcast.open.ac.uk/feeds/Alan-Turing/transcript/alan_turing_reflections_on_his_personal_life_02071_20402.pdf

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