He has since been recognized as one of the fathers of modern computer science: He designed one of the earliest computers, was ...

A treasure trove of World War II codebreaker Alan Turing’s scientific papers has sold for more than three times their ...

A treasure of scientific papers by codebreaking war hero Alan Turing fetched $625k at auction after being found in loft and ...

Turing’s most significant work, ‘On computable numbers’, which introduced the idea of a ‘universal computing machine’, was initially valued at £40,000–£60,000 but sold for £208,000. Meanwhile, for ...

Wartime codebreaker Alan Turing’s rare scientific documents have raised a staggering £465,000 at auction. The papers, which ...

A collection of scientific papers from English mathematician, codebreaker, and father of computer science, Alan Turing, has sold for £465,400 (US$625,000) at auction after narrowly avoiding being ...

Papers belonging to World War Two codebreaker Sir Alan Turing that were discovered over a decade ago in a Bermondsey ...

A trove of forgotten papers penned by famed World War II codebreaker Alan Turing has sold for the record-setting price of ...

The treasure trove of Turing material had originally been gifted to Turing’s friend and fellow mathematician, Norman Routledge, by Turing’s mother, Ethel. Routledge kept the papers and, on his ...

Turing's first published paper, which comprises of a single sheet, sold for £7,800. It was also gifted to Routledge, and includes a handwritten letter from Turing's mother dated May 16, 1956.