Alan Turing (23th June 1912 - 7th June 1954) was a computer scientist, mathematician, logician, cryptalanyst and theoretical biologist. During WWII, he worked decrypting the nazi codes from the machine called "Enigma" with help of the "Turing Machine" the father of the nowadays computers, which was invented by him.
His brilliant career was suddenly stopped because he denounced that a thief had stolen in his house and while he was stating, he had to admit that he was a homosexual. In those times, in Britain, it was illegal to be a homosexual, so he was arrested by the police.
They let him choose between two options:
-To be sent to prison
-Chemical castration, that is to be given pills to make your body create less testosterone.
He choosed the second one and after two years, he killed himself.
Here you have a link of a video that will explain Alan Turing's life a bit better:
Alan Turing's video
This post have been written by:
Ignacio Fleta Sánchez
Laura García Barba
Jesús Vázquez Gutiérrez
Mariangeles Vazquez Rivas
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