A collection of rare scientific papers written by mathematician, computer scientist and Second World War codebreaker Alan Turing has sold for a record £465,400 (€544,400) at auction in Lichfield, UK.

He was without a doubt a genius and a polymath who not only through his work at Bletchley during the Second World War ...

A Cambridge professor has transcribed a handwritten story that the famous mathematician wrote in the year before his death, presenting a different side of him.

LONDON (Reuters) - Mathematician Alan Turing, who helped Britain win World War Two by cracking Nazi Germany's "unbreakable" Enigma code, was granted a rare royal pardon on Tuesday for a criminal ...

This is a guest post by Chris Owen who works at Octopus Communications and is a passionate supporter of the Bletchley Park Trust. He can be found tweeting from <a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Rare papers of Enigma codebreaker Alan Turing fetch record sum at UK auction A collection of rare scientific papers written by ...