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Alan Turing [message #58529]

Mon, 31 August 2009 10:40

Deeej

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Location: Berkshire, UK
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I would urge everyone here who is a British citizen (even if you're an expat) or resident to sign the petition below, calling for a posthumous apology to Alan Turing.

More details:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/8226509.stm

The petition itself:
http://petitions.number10.gov.uk/turing/

Alan Turing is one of the greatest computer scientists, if not the greatest computer scientist of the 20th century, and his treatment by the British government for his homosexuality is one of the tragedies of LGBT history.

I'm sure that most people here will be aware of his work (he's been mentioned here before) but if not, the Wikipedia article is a starting-point:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Turing

David

		Alan Turing By: Deeej on Mon, 31 August 2009 10:40
		Re: Alan Turing By: acam on Mon, 31 August 2009 11:16
		Re: Alan Turing By: Deeej on Mon, 31 August 2009 14:39
		Re: Alan Turing By: timmy on Mon, 31 August 2009 18:33
		Re: Alan Turing By: kupuna on Mon, 31 August 2009 19:37
		Re: Alan Turing By: JFR on Tue, 01 September 2009 08:15
		Re: Alan Turing By: timmy on Tue, 01 September 2009 08:27
		Re: Alan Turing By: Macky on Tue, 01 September 2009 13:01
		Re: Alan Turing By: johnleeb on Tue, 01 September 2009 23:23
		Gordon Brown has issued an apology to Alan Turing By: Deeej on Thu, 10 September 2009 22:53
		Re: Gordon Brown has issued an apology to Alan Turing By: timmy on Thu, 10 September 2009 23:19
		Re: Gordon Brown has issued an apology to Alan Turing By: JFR on Fri, 11 September 2009 05:09
		Re: Gordon Brown has issued an apology to Alan Turing By: timmy on Fri, 11 September 2009 06:15
		Re: Gordon Brown has issued an apology to Alan Turing By: Macky on Fri, 11 September 2009 00:21
		Re: Gordon Brown has issued an apology to Alan Turing By: kiwi on Fri, 11 September 2009 01:14
		Re: Gordon Brown has issued an apology to Alan Turing By: Macky on Fri, 11 September 2009 02:13
		Re: Gordon Brown has issued an apology to Alan Turing By: timmy on Fri, 11 September 2009 06:24
		Re: Alan Turing By: Macky on Fri, 11 September 2009 02:47
		Re: Alan Turing By: acam on Fri, 11 September 2009 08:04
		Re: Alan Turing By: Macky on Fri, 11 September 2009 12:11
		Re: Alan Turing By: Macky on Fri, 11 September 2009 20:16

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