Alan Turing's Brother: He Should Be Alive Today

Alan Turing’s Brother On Why Alan Turing Should Be Alive Today
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June 23rd is the centenary of the birth of Alan Turing, father of computer science and artificial intelligence, who committed suicide just shy of 42. In a shocking and frank memoir, his late elder brother John says Alan's life might have turned out a lot better if his mother was not so nagging--and he recounts the details of his brother's awful death.

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