Alan Turing To Be Honored On Britain’s £50 Note WhatDoYouThink?
Computer physicist Alan Turing, one of the most notable codebreakers of World War II, will be honored on Britain’s fifty-pound note more than 60 years
after he was forced to undergo chemical castration under Britain’s laws against homosexuality. What doGus Stout • Taxidermy HistorianPeter Hess • Gumbo Stirrer
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