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28May
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Who do you think you are?

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One of the privileges of being related to someone voted to be Britain’s iconic person of the twentieth century is that you get to meet some really remarkable people. One of those days was Tuesday 14th May, when HRH the…

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26Feb
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Dermot Turing launches the Polish edition of X, Y and Z

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The hottest February day of all time is marked not just by the record-breaking weather but also a couple of other developments. One is the passing of another year, but as a peculiar birthday present it seems that the Polish…

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04Feb
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The 300-year-old sum is 70 years old

Posted by njturingon February 4, 20191 Comment

2019 marks the 70th anniversary of the Soviet Union successfully testing its own version of an atomic bomb. It’s also the 70th anniversary of something rather less frightening, but highly disruptive in its own way, and, like nuclear weapons, one…

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06Jan
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Bombe breaks through

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The new Bletchley Park guidebook on the Bombe machine which helped break the Enigma cipher has been published. This book replaces the old Demystifying the bombe, which was a companion-piece to the Turing-Welchman Bombe Rebuild Trust machine on view at…

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29Nov
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The Turing Trust Christmas Challenge 2018

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The Turing Trust is taking part in the Big Give Christmas Challenge to raise funds to support our project "Digital Skills for Malawian Students". Any donations made between midday on Tuesday 27th November and Tuesday 4th December 2018 will be…

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11Nov
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The Great War for Civilization

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At the French Ambassador’s official residence on Friday 9 November there was a small, but formal, ceremony, at which five British service personnel who had, in different ways, contributed to the liberation of France in 1944, were honoured by being…

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07Nov
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Is Alan Turing worth £50?

Posted by njturingon November 7, 20181 Comment

There has been a minor flurry of interest in Alan Turing in recent days, with the suggestion that his face appear on a new series of Bank of England £50 notes. No doubt this would be a splendid way to…

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16Oct
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How to make money from Enigma machines

Posted by njturingon October 16, 2018October 16, 2018Leave a comment

According to the on-line museum http://www.cryptomuseum.com, 2018 marks the centenary of the invention by Arthur Scherbius of the Enigma machine. Enigma was probably the most famous of the mechanical cipher devices used in World War Two, its fame assured by…

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19Sep
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Dermot Turing receives a letter from the Polish President

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During an evening at the Polish Embassy celebrating the launch of his most recent book book "X, Y & Z: The Real Story of How Enigma Was Broken", Dermot was honoured to receive a letter from the Polish President Andrzej…

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16Sep
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Launch of X, Y and Z at Bletchley Park

Posted by njturingon September 16, 20181 Comment

On 10th September 2018, Bletchley Park was host to representatives of the Polish Embassy in London and families of Polish codebreakers Marian Rejewski, Jerzy Różycki and Henryk Zygalski for the launch of Dermot Turing’s latest book, X, Y and Z:…

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News and comment

  • 23 into 8: a problem in mathematics September 20, 2021
  • Cash, Coins and Covid June 22, 2021
  • Unveiling Alan Turing March 25, 2021
  • Tea and chocs February 17, 2021
  • The slow death of museum exhibits October 18, 2020

Reviews

'Strips away the encrusted hagiography that has developed around Alan Turing in recent years … a passionate argument for the lessons we should draw from his life and his extraordinary scientific achievements.' Robert Hannigan, Former Director of GCHQ. April 2021


'Fascinating and highly readable... My wife Rohini and I feel particularly grateful to have a special link to [Alan Turing] through our house in Coonoor .... where Alan's mother lived for many years.' Nanden Nilekani,Chairman and Co-Founder of Infosys. April 2021


'Essential reading for anyone who thinks they know the history of Alan Turing ... a significant reappraisal of his meaning for us today.' Dr Tilly Blyth, Head of Collections, Science Museum. April 2021


'Dermot Turing has written a great book filling out our picture of Second World War code-breaking. His prose crackles with energy and an appealing sense of humor, enhanced by dozens of photographs, many of which will be new even to devoted students of his subject.' Jonathan Beard, Michigan War Studies Review, November 2019


'Turing unearths a remarkable tale of intellect, bravery and camaraderie that reads like a nail-biting spy novel.' Joanne Baker, Nature, September 2018


'The anecdotes flow as Dermot warms to his theme. ‘Prof’ really is a cracking read and no engineer’s library is complete without it on their shelves.' Nick Smith, Engineering and Technology, November 2015


'For anyone seeking a more nuanced picture of the human side of Turing, however, this book makes a useful and sometimes poignant contribution.' Clare Mulley, History Today, February 2016

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