British govt apologizes for ‘inhumane’ treatment of gay code-breaker Alan Turing

alan turingLONDON — British Prime Minister Gordon Brown has apologized for the “inhumane” treatment of World War II code-breaker Alan Turing.

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  • beaki Can only assume that they had to apologise to Alan Turing before they could honour the Bletchley Park codebreakers. #callmecynical
  • amrita_chanda In order to BE a perfect and beautiful COMPUTING machine, it is not requisite to know WHAT ARITHMETIC IS -- Alan Turing
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  • Serrio www..ws/ So the 31k signiture "Apologise to Alan Turing" petition was followed, but the 71k "Resign" petition has been ignored? Shock!
  • amturing Ah ha. It's not @stephenfry who started the Alan Turing apology campaign, it's @jgrahamc. I have much to thank you for, my good man.
  • reeuq British Government Apologizes to Gay Codebreaker Alan Turing that wasused to decipher the Nazi enigma... https://bit.ly/L4b5X #gay #news
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  • Invisiblhand Alan Turing was the scientist that broke Germany's Enigma Code that allowed the Allies to locate submarines.

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  • beaki Can only assume that they had to apologise to Alan Turing before they could honour the Bletchley Park codebreakers. #callmecynical
  • achanda In order to BE a perfect and beautiful COMPUTING machine, it is not requisite to know WHAT ARITHMETIC IS -- Alan Turing
  • jamreilly Dangerous Minds: Cantor, Boltzmann, Godel, Turing And The Limits Of Mathematics And Logic. David Malone looks at the revolutionary discoveries and troubled mental lives of four brilliant mathematicians - Georg Cantor, Ludwig Boltzmann, Kurt G�del and Alan Turing - who struggled against the accepted ideas of their time.
  • thirstforwine @Rachael yes, petitions worked to get recognition for Alan Turing & Bletchley Park recently #bpark
  • roberthill #BPark needs all the support it can get for a proper museum to the work of the codebreakers incl Alan Turing who helped win the war. Pls RT
  • gaseousbrain UK: Treatment of (gay) genius mathematician Alan Turing "appalling" https://bit.ly/bWVDV
  • bluecat eRT @bletchleypark President Obama: "much of WW2 was fought far from the battlefield -- by Alan Turing in #BPark" https://bit.ly/LGkrE
  • mrshb2b RT @bletchleypark:Pres Obama: 'reminder that much of WW2 was fought far from the battlefield - by Alan Turing in #BPark' https://bit.ly/LGkrE
  • roberthill RT @bletchleypark: Pres Obama: "that much of WW2 was fought far from the battlefield -- by Alan Turing in #BPark" https://bit.ly/LGkrE Pls RT
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  • ctham Blogged: Time to give Alan Turing what he deserves https://bit.ly/1KCHtv #fb
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  • ivanxo @yovanu Alan Turing ni se imagin� las temibles consecuencias de sus trabajos... con tanto bot suelto por ah�
  • ashmatadeen YouTube - Lecture 12.3: The Amazing Alan Turing - Richard Buckland (extension lecture) UNSW 2008
  • grayle went to ASDA for groceries; came back, noticed i didn't buy milk; got milk; ran to Alan Turing for GO club.
  • polymath22 Dr Alan Turing's posthumous Knighthood - Sign Petition here
  • buca Iniziative e conferenze: Rimini, in mille contro l'omofobia. Grande successo della manifestazione organizzata dall'Arcifay Alan Turing..
  • davelee Reading Alan Turing books for research... didn't go to sleep because I get this man...
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