Alan Turing: Genius and Tragedy

Alan Turing was a brilliant mathematician who saw the world differently. During World War

II, his work at Bletchley Park helped crack the Enigma code, saving millions

of lives and shortening the war by years. Yet his contributions were kept secret, and his genius went

largely unrecognized at the time. After the war, Turing laid the foundations of modern

computing and artificial intelligence, asking a radical question: Can machines think?

But instead of being celebrated, he was persecuted for being gay — convicted and subjected

to chemical castration under British law. Despite humiliation and isolation, Turing continued

to think, imagine, and create. His life ended tragically, but his ideas reshaped