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Manuscript by Nazi code breaker Alan Turing sells for $1 million

A 56-page handwritten notebook that belonged to World War Two Nazi code breaker and computer pioneer Alan Turing sold for more than $1 million at an auction in New York, Bonhams said on Monday.

 

Turing, a British mathematical genius, led a team of cryptographers who cracked the wartime Enigma code, which the Germans had considered unbreakable. Their work is credited with hastening the end of the war and saving lives.

 

Cassandra Hatton, senior specialist in Bonhams' fine books and manuscripts department, said the result of the auction as a testament to Turing's legacy. Bonhams declined to name the buyer.

 


פרסום ראשון: 04.13.15, 23:15