Tuesday, 18. August 2009
Topic: SCIENCE - on August 18, 2009 at 2:41:00 PM CEST
Campaign to win official apology for Alan Turing
A CAMPAIGN has been launched to win a posthumous apology for computer pioneer Alan Turing over his conviction for homosexuality.
The brilliant mathematician, who spent his key years at Manchester University, is hailed as one of the founders of modern computing.
But a conviction for homosexuality effectively ended his career. Troubled Turing went on to commit suicide in 1954, aged just 41.
