A cache of papers found in a loft and almost shredded is expected to fetch £150,000 after it was identified as the pioneering ...

"Alan Turing is one of the most influential people in the history of this country. It would be a fantastic moment for this ...

The world-famous mathematician Alan Turing found a possible mechanism for iconic animal patterns thanks to differential equations ...

An MP has called for a new train line upgrade to be named after mathematician and codebreaker Alan Turing. Luke Charters, who ...

In the House of Commons Mr Charters asked the Leader of the House whether one of the several new railway lines the government is building, particularly the new York-Manchester line, should be named ...

[Alan Turing]’s efforts with Colossus were top secret for years, and while that work built on earlier efforts in Poland, [Turing] has as much claim to be the father of computers as anyone.

One such ancient story centers on the bronze sentry Talos. Forged by Hephaestus, the Greek god of smiths and artisans, Talos ...

Turing also noted that computers may be constrained but could still potentially do unexpected things — in the same way that humans can despite being constrained by our genetic makeup and biology.

The solution to a mathematical conundrum proposed by famed University of Manchester mathematician Alan Turing has been finally proved, 60 years after his death. Today, the findings of a major citizen ...

Ada Lovelace and Alan Turing both loved maths and computers. But the thing is that Ada was born in 1815, and Alan was born in 1912. They both started writing computer programs before any computers ...

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 ...