A collection of scientific papers of the mathematician and computer pioneer Alan Turing, with handwritten notes of the researcher, was acquired by the computer museum at Bletchley Park, following an auction. Alan Turing, considered one of the largest contributors to the creation of modern computing, has remained in history for his work on the "Turing machine", one of the first computers, his reflections on the artificial intelligence, and especially for his decisive contribution to the decoding of secret codes used by the German Navy during World War II.
The fifteen items auctioned by Christie's, annotated by the mathematician, has been awarded for an amount not disclosed, but exceeded the reserve price, estimated at 300,000 pounds (350,000 euros). In November, a first bid did not reach the minimum price, despite a grant of 100,000 dollars (72,000 euros) from Google.
Donate HeritageMemorial National Fund, a public body which finances the preservation of British heritage, has completed the sums collected by the museum at Bletchley Park by a check for 235,000 euros, which helped win the auction. The site of Bletchley Park, where the Allies had established a huge research center to break the German codes during World War II, now houses a museum dedicated to the pioneers of computing.
Alan Turing, persecuted after the war because of his homosexuality, committed suicide at the age of 42 years. Because of the decisive contributions of this mathematical genius to the development of the computer, it gave its name to the equivalent of the Nobel Prize of computing. Still, it took until 2010 for the British government has officially apologized for the manner in which Alan Turing was ostracized after the war. 
The fifteen items auctioned by Christie's, annotated by the mathematician, has been awarded for an amount not disclosed, but exceeded the reserve price, estimated at 300,000 pounds (350,000 euros). In November, a first bid did not reach the minimum price, despite a grant of 100,000 dollars (72,000 euros) from Google.
Donate HeritageMemorial National Fund, a public body which finances the preservation of British heritage, has completed the sums collected by the museum at Bletchley Park by a check for 235,000 euros, which helped win the auction. The site of Bletchley Park, where the Allies had established a huge research center to break the German codes during World War II, now houses a museum dedicated to the pioneers of computing.
Alan Turing, persecuted after the war because of his homosexuality, committed suicide at the age of 42 years. Because of the decisive contributions of this mathematical genius to the development of the computer, it gave its name to the equivalent of the Nobel Prize of computing. Still, it took until 2010 for the British government has officially apologized for the manner in which Alan Turing was ostracized after the war.
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