article_snippet.sent: A handwritten notebook in which Britain's Enigma machine genius Alan Turing admits Alan Turing is baffled by an equation could fetch up to $1million (£690,000).
article_snippet.sent: A handwritten notebook in which Britain's Enigma machine genius Alan Turing admits he is baffled by an equation could fetch up to $1million (£690,000).
article_snippet.sent: Benedict Cumberbatch, who played Turing in the Oscar-nominated The Imitation Game, said: 'Alan Turing was a war hero, who broke the Enigma code helping to bring an end to World War II, the father of modern computing science, and a gay icon who lived in a time of intolerance and tragically committed suicide as a result. '
article_snippet.sent: he impact on our everyday lives is enormous, and the thought of holding a manuscript by he is thrilling.'
article_snippet.sent: Pages of notes show the inner workings of Turing's thoughts as he helped break codes and decipher tests .
article_snippet.sent: The notes, which are highly personal, show Turing (left) working through different equations and considering different results .
article_snippet.sent: Turing scholar Andrew Hodges said A handwritten notebook in which Britain's Enigma machine genius Alan Turing sheds more light on how Turing 'remained committed to free-thinking work in pure mathematics.'
article_snippet.sent: Benedict Cumberbatch, who played Turing in the Oscar-nominated The Imitation Game (left), said: 'The thought of holding a manuscript by him is thrilling'
article_snippet.sent: In some Turing elaborates on him conclusions, writing that one result 'is too subtle and makes an inconvenient definition' him added: 'Alan Turing was parsimonious with him words and everything from him pen has special value.'
article_snippet.sent: Turing committed suicide in 1954.