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Duration: 12'50''

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A genius of mathematics, Turing developed machines which were the forerunners of modern computers. Called upon to help crack Nazi codes, his work at Bletchley Park would prove decisive in the war effort. Later, society would repay Turing by prosecuting him for being gay and sentencing him to barbaric hormone treatment.

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