Alan Turing's Life and Legacy
Wednesday, 22 May
10:00
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18:00
Science Museum, Exhibition Road, Chelsea, SW7 2DD
How Much:
Free!
The Science Museum hosts an exhibition exploring the life and legacy of the great Alan Turing - wartime codebreaker, mathematician, and one of the twentieth century's most influential computer scientists.
He was also convicted of carrying out homosexual acts in 1952 and forced to undergo hormone treatment. He killed himself in 1954.
Until June 2013.
He was also convicted of carrying out homosexual acts in 1952 and forced to undergo hormone treatment. He killed himself in 1954.
Until June 2013.
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