
Alan Turing was an extraordinary man who crammed into a life of only 42 years the careers of mathematician codebreaker computer scientist & biologist He is widely regarded as a war hero grossly mistreated by his unappreciative country & it has become hard to disentangle the real man from the story It is easy to cast him as a misfit the stereotypical professor But actually Alan Turing was never a professor & his nickname Prof& was given by his codebreaking friends at Bletchley Park Now Alan Turing&s nephew Dermot Turing has taken a fresh look at the influences on Alan Turing&s life & creativity & the later creation of a legend For the first time it is possible to disclose the real character behind the cipher-text how did Alan&s childhood experiences influence the man? Who were the influential figures in Alan&s formative years? How did his creative ideas evolve? Was he really a solitary asocial genius? What was his wartime work after 1942 & why was it kept even more secret than the Enigma story? What is the truth about Alan Turing&s conviction for gross indecency & did he commit suicide? What is the significance of the Royal Pardon granted in 2013? In Dermot&s own style he takes a vibrant & entertaining approach to the life & work of a true genius