Code-breaker and computing pioneer Alan Turing has been chosen as the face of Britain's new 50-pound note, the Bank of England announced Monday.
Mark Carney, governor of the Bank of England, poses for a photograph beside the concept design for the new Bank of England 50-pound banknote, featuring mathematician and scientist Alan Turing.
During World War II Turing worked at the secret Bletchley Park code-breaking center, where he helped crack Nazi Germany's secret codes by creating the"Turing bombe," a forerunner of modern computers. He also developed the"Turing Test" to measure artificial intelligence. The U.K.'s highest-denomination note is the last to be redesigned and switched from paper to more secure and durable polymer. The redesigned 10-pound and 20-pound notes feature author Jane Austen and artist J.M.W. Turner.
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