Codebreaking, computers, and chemicals are what this episode is all about. In honor of Pride month (episode recorded in June), Harini tells the story of the genius mathematician and brilliant cryptologist, Alan Turing, who effectively helped end WWII. Unfortunately, at the time, being gay was a criminal offense with a very toxic punishment. For the vast majority of our lives, the stories of the LGBTQ+ community have been quieted or silenced altogether. Let's do our part to shout their stories from the rooftops now.

 

In this episode:

• The Imitation Game (movie)

• Bletchley Circle (TV show) on Netflix

 

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Episode Sources:

• Image 1: Alan Turing, a brilliant mathematician, and cryptologist, AND gay during a time when that was absolutely forbidden (via Britannica)

• Image 2: Alan Turing working on the “Turing Machine” which cracked the Nazi U-submarine codes to effectively end the war (via Phys.org)

• Image 3: The Turing Machine a.k.a the first computer (via Sutori)

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Turing

• https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/05/obituaries/alan-turing-overlooked.html

• https://www.pbs.org/newshour/science/8-things-didnt-know-alan-turing

• https://www.turing.org.uk/

• https://www.iwm.org.uk/history/how-alan-turing-cracked-the-enigma-code

• https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-18419691

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