Alan Turing was one of the most influential British figures of the 20th century. In 1936, Turing invented the computer as part of his attempt to solve a fiendish puzzle known as the ...

Newly revealed documents show that, while breaking Nazi codes, Turing was also building a device that almost changed military communication forever.

War rarely turns on one person alone, yet certain names continue to surface when the history of World War II is revisited.

Used during WWII to encrypt messages, the Enigma Machine has a fascinating history and unique workings. This animation delves into its mechanisms and significance. Further topics explored include: - ...

[Popular Mechanics] has an interesting article about Alan Turing’s nearly-forgotten speech encryption device. Codenamed Delilah, it was in many ways an early form of digital encryption. It was ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Rare papers of Enigma codebreaker Alan Turing fetch record sum at UK auction A collection of rare scientific papers written by ...

As the Nazi party rose to power in Germany, the German military made significant use of the commercial Enigma cipher device, which went on sale beginning in 1923. To make it more secure, they modified ...

The story of breaking the unbreakable German Enigma Code by Alan Turing during WWII. Narrated by Keith Morrison of "Dateline," the breaking of Germany's top-secret Enigma Code at Bletchley Park in the ...