iamthespacecadet:

megaloo:

outofthecavern:

opiatevampire:

theworldisconfused:

In addition to essentially inventing the computer, Alan Turing also broke the German Enigma Code during World War II which paved the way for the D-Day invasion. The man was a hyper-genius. I’ve read descriptions of his work by mathematical physicist Sir Roger Penrose. He’s been a hero of mine ever since.

The level of thought required to come up with the stuff he came up with is totally beyond my comprehension. I actually did not even know about his orientation until much later. He was prosecuted and ordered to undergo chemical castration. Soon thereafter, he committed suicide by eating a cyanide-laced apple.

The government forced him to take estrogen as a punishment (or “cure”?). He began to develop breasts and other side effects.

He committed suicide by biting into a cyanide laced apple. This is supposedly the inspiration for the name/logo of Apple computers.

omfg

omfg

and old Apple computers

the apple was a rainbow 

The Apple computer logo was just a coincidence. Stephen Fry asked Steve Jobs about it directly. (In this episode of QI from 2:04-2:53.)

Still. It’s amazing how even influencial people can get buried in history when the right people in charge want it to be so.

Such a science badass. Neal Stephenson taught me about Alan Turing. He’s one of the main “characters” of Cryptonomicon which is also just a really good book.

Fucking hell why does no one teach us these things in high school.