Alan Turing short story sheds new light on WW2 codebreaker
Prof Sarah Dillon says the short story, Pryce's Buoy, offers fresh insights into the codebreaker.
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"We've distilled a version of Turing that is a two-dimensional stereotype."
— Sarah Dillon , Academic
"His short story reveals a very different man: playful, funny, cheeky, literary, and someone who really liked sex."
— Sarah Dillon , Academic
"Literature offered him a really powerful way of doing that."
— Sarah Dillon , Academic
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Prof Sarah Dillon says the short story, Pryce's Buoy, offers fresh insights into the codebreaker.
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