This is a significant year in the legacy of the mathematician Alan Turing. Almost 70 years after his death, his face will appear on the new £50 note, marking his contribution to UK history.

Alan Mathison Turing (1912–1954) was a mathematician, computer scientist and codebreaker. Often dubbed ‘the father of modern computing’, Turing was based at The University of Manchester after his work ...

In 1952, Alan Turing, a British mathematician best known for his work on code-breaking and artificial intelligence, was convicted of engaging in homosexual acts and sentenced to chemical castration.

A new fiendishly-challenging online brain-teaser, featuring cryptic clues, has been launched by mathematicians at The University of Manchester. The online cryptography competition has been designed to ...

Alan Turing was an English mathematician, wartime code-breaker and pioneer of computer science. Photo: Alan Turing with two colleagues and a Ferranti computer in January 1951. Turing had ...