Submitted on Friday 23rd January 2015
Published on Tuesday 27th January 2015
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Closed: Monday 30th March 2015
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Retain Alan Turing's Notebook for the Nation
On January 19, 2015, the FT reported that "A notebook belonging to the man known as the father of the computing age is expected to fetch at least $1m at auction. Alan Turing’s notebook is thought to date from 1942, when the Briton was leading the cryptanalysts at Bletchley Park in the battle to break the German Enigma codes, the period of his life covered in the Oscar-nominated film 'The Imitation Game'. The notebook containing 56 pages of handwritten notes was among papers that Turing left to his friend and fellow mathematician Robin Gandy. Cassandra Hatton, senior specialist at Bonhams, called the notebook, 'probably the most extensive manuscript that exists in Turing’s hand. To be able to look in and see his thought processes is extremely important."
We call on the Government to liaise with the Science Museum and other major British institutions, to assist in buying this important item, and protecting it for viewing by the British people and international visitors.
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