WATCH Alan Turing Biography and Codebreaking the
Enigma MachineThis short Alan Turing biography video
from Cambridge University offers an
overview of Turing's life, including his
work at Bletchley Park to crack the Nazi's
Enigma machine. The science behind both
the Enigma machine and Turing's Bombe
machine is explained. |
WATCH Joan Clarke on Alan Turing's Homosexuality
and Their EngagementPortrayed by Keira Knightley in The
Imitation Game movie, the real Joan
Clarke discusses her engagement to Alan
Turing and learning of his homosexuality.
Despite Turing's interest in Clarke, she
says that their relationship was not very
physical. Jack Good comments that, other
than Joan Clarke, the rest of the group
likely didn't know until after World War
II that Turing was homosexual. |