Mathematician Alan Turing's theoretical basis for all modern computers known as the 'universal machine' has been voted the greatest British innovation of the past century in a new poll. The famous ...

Alan Turing was a renowned scientist who cracked Germany’s Enigma code during the Second World War. Experts believe his work shortened the conflict by two years. Working at the top-secret Government ...

The question of who invented the first computer and when was the computer invented has a complex answer that spans centuries of innovation. Many people assume a single inventor and a specific date, ...

Computer pioneer and codebreaker Alan Turing has been given a posthumous royal pardon, overturning his 1952 conviction for homosexuality. Turing's work during World War II helped accelerate Allied ...

When he was just nine years old, Alan Turing’s headmistress at St Michael’s Primary School in Hastings wrote a report to his parents. “I have had clever boys and hard-working boys,” she noted. “But ...

Somewhere at the edge of mathematics lurks a number so large that it breaks the very foundations of our understanding - and ...

A series of celebratory events is taking place this week to mark the centenary of computer pioneer Alan Turing's birth. To mark the occasion the BBC has commissioned seven articles to explore his ...

This photo shows Turing (right) and colleagues working on the Ferranti Mark I Computer in 1951 The earliest known recording of music produced by a computer - a machine operated by Alan Turing, no less ...

The mathematician and scientist lay the foundations of the computing revolution – without him there would be no Apple or Google There is very good reason why the name Alan Turing is revered at Apple ...