Turing used cyanide in his home laboratory, leaving open the possibility of an accident or, even, murder.It is only a slight exaggeration to say that the British mathematician Alan Turing (1912-1954) saved the Allies from the Nazis, invented the computer and artificial intelligence, and anticipated gay liberation by decades - all before his suicide at age forty-one. While some point to the side effects of chemical castration, he died a year after the treatment had ended. Others note Turing was in a cheerful mood in his final days and left a note on his desk reminding himself of tasks that needed doing. The Turing Guide authors question why the apple wasn’t tested for cyanide. A coroner ruled that he’d committed suicide by biting into an apple laced with cyanide but questions still surround his death. Turing died in 1954 just weeks before his 42nd birthday. In honor of the math genius, SPYSCAPE has cobbled together seven Turing secrets you won’t find in The Imitation Game and likely don’t know about Britain’s once condemned codebreaker. Turing’s legacy reminds us every day that diversity is essential and inclusion is mission critical to our organization.” According to Director Sir Jeremy Fleming: “He was embraced for his brilliance but persecuted for being gay. In June 2021, during Pride month, the British codebreakers at GCHQ unveiled a giant work of art to celebrate Turing and used rainbow colors in recognition of the LGBT+ community. There are 15 encoded messages within GCHQ’s Turing artwork
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