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Alan Turing's Effect On War
People spend lots of time on your phones, computers, tablets, but what people don’t know is that the same coding used for electronics were used to break the code that won the war? Most do not know the story behind breaking Enigma, and the person who broke it. His name deserves to be known. Beginning this research project a few questions popped up, like what was his first paper he published, where did he grow up, what happened after Enigma, and what lead him to coding?
So where did a brilliant man like Alan Turing grow up? The place where he grew up probably had an effect on him. If people where to look it up they would find that he was born in Maida Vale, London, England, but went to Sherborne School most of his life (Forshaw). He would spend the whole year there, and even into summer. He barely ever came home, and if he did it would only be for a few days. He loved school, as
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What would have made him devote his life to coding? It never really says much about why, just that he did. There was not qoute saying why, but there was proof that he loved his work. He once said, “Machines take me by surprise with great frequency.” (Alan Turing). He never turned in a paper late, never gave up on his work, never turned anything in without it being the best quality. He would spend hours of his own time learning, because it fascinated him. What did Alan Turing do after he broke the Enigma? I mean a brilliant man like that must have had many job offers after people found out about Enigma. But here is the thing, people weren't told about the Enigma machine. The government wanted the machine to be a secret, so that is there was a mole they couldn’t leak the information. Once the war was over, anyone who knew about the machine was told to forget about it, or they would be killed. Alan’s work was never published so others could see. When the war ended he was sent home, to go back to his normal life. Never able to tell people of his great

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