A Forgotten Literary Window Into the Personal Life of Alan Turing
Featured VideoBut the man often touted as the father of modern computational science, also lived something of a tragic life. Accused of “gross indecency” by United Kingdom authorities in 1952 for having an intimate homosexual relationship, Turing pled guilty and underwent chemical castration with synthetic estrogen designed to reduce his libido in a probation deal that allowed him to continue his research. “He’s come to be seen as socially unaware, entirely concerned with logic and numbers, and pretty isolated.
- ▪Featured VideoBut the man often touted as the father of modern computational science, also lived something of a tragic life.
- ▪Accused of “gross indecency” by United Kingdom authorities in 1952 for having an intimate homosexual relationship, Turing pled guilty and underwent chemical castration with synthetic estrogen designed to reduce his libido in a probation dea
- ▪“He’s come to be seen as socially unaware, entirely concerned with logic and numbers, and pretty isolated.
2 outlets in our directory ran this story, first to last over 1 hour. All of the coverage we found sits in one bucket: lean left. That one-sidedness is itself worth noticing.
- ▪ Life of Alan Turing Emerges in Richer Detail From Short Story — NYT — World
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