Turing's WW2 Codebreaking
How did a lonely mathematician help change the course of a world war?
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31 mins
Discover the life of Alan Turing, from a lonely childhood and profound personal loss to his secret role in breaking Nazi codes during World War II. Explore how his ideas and machines helped shorten the war while laying the foundations of modern computing.
Ep 1:
The Making of a Mind
Before Bletchley Park, a lonely boyhood, a lost first love, and a Cambridge awakening shaped the brilliant, unconventional mind that would soon be called upon to serve his country.
Ep 2:
Cracking the Uncrackable
As war erupts, Alan Turing joins Britain's secret codebreakers, confronting the seemingly unbreakable Enigma machine and the eccentric genius required to find its hidden flaw.
Ep 3:
Machines Against Machines
Turing builds a machine to beat a machine, racing against U-boat wolf packs and a maddening naval cipher until an incredible stroke of wartime luck changes everything.
Ep 4:
The Price of Genius
Turing's theories birth the modern computer and the question of thinking machines, but peacetime Britain repays its silent hero with persecution, tragedy, and an all-too-brief legacy.
Discussions (12)
Zach
Level 3 · 9 mo agoJesus Christ, chanting the Snow White spell to colleagues is dark. He basically told everyone his plan. His mother claiming it was an accident is tragic. That apple by the bed tells the real story.
Jerry
Level 4 · 8 mo agoShould have checked the apple by NMR for cyanide.
Marcus
Level 5 · 8 mo agoCycling in a gas mask tho
