[Catalist] STEM Project? The WW2 ‘work’ and troubled Life of Alan Turing

[Michael McGarry]

Greetings Science Colleagues,


I have watched the recent addition on NETFLIX of the film: ‘The Imitation Game”.


NETFLIX URL: https://www.netflix.com/au/title/70295172 <https://www.netflix.com/au/title/70295172>
WIKIPEDIA URL: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Imitation_Game <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Imitation_Game>
I found the portrayal by actor Benedict Cumberbatch of Alan Turing a very evocative experience, especially Turing’s school days at Sherborne School.


BBC URL 1: http://www.bbc.co.uk/timelines/z8bgr82 <http://www.bbc.co.uk/timelines/z8bgr82>
I found the treatment of Alan Turing by British society, including naval command and the Law and police of that time extremely sad.


BBC URL 2: http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-18561092 <http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-18561092>
What “The Imitation Game” doesn’t tell a viewer?


WP URL: https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/what-imitation-game-didnt-tell-you-about-alan-turings-greatest-triumph/2015/02/20/ffd210b6-b606-11e4-9423-f3d0a1ec335c_story.html?utm_term=.001b3f9c3fdc <https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/what-imitation-game-didnt-tell-you-about-alan-turings-greatest-triumph/2015/02/20/ffd210b6-b606-11e4-9423-f3d0a1ec335c_story.html?utm_term=.001b3f9c3fdc>
PBS URL: http://www.pbs.org/newshour/updates/8-things-didnt-know-alan-turing/ <http://www.pbs.org/newshour/updates/8-things-didnt-know-alan-turing/>
IWM URL: http://www.iwm.org.uk/history/how-alan-turing-cracked-the-enigma-code <http://www.iwm.org.uk/history/how-alan-turing-cracked-the-enigma-code>
Biographies of Alan Turing


Bio. 1: https://www.biography.com/people/alan-turing-9512017 <https://www.biography.com/people/alan-turing-9512017>
Bio. 2: http://www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/history/Biographies/Turing.html <http://www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/history/Biographies/Turing.html>
Bio. 3: https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/turing/ <https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/turing/>
Turing Machines


Stanford Plato URL: https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/turing-machine/ <https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/turing-machine/>
CU URL: https://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/projects/raspberrypi/tutorials/turing-machine/one.html <https://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/projects/raspberrypi/tutorials/turing-machine/one.html>
YouTube URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dNRDvLACg5Q <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dNRDvLACg5Q>
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The Conversation URL: https://theconversation.com/alan-turings-legacy-is-even-bigger-than-we-realise-34735 <https://theconversation.com/alan-turings-legacy-is-even-bigger-than-we-realise-34735>
Best Wishes,


Michael John McGarry

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