Not really. I know a lot about the Second World War situation, which is fascinating, and I know the theory of public-key systems which has transformed the situation on crypto for commercial transactions and so on, but I don't think anyone knows what the real state of the art is now!

what can I say but.... there is a lot in my long book!

I agree —- this didn't reveal anything about what had actually happened in 1952-54. See my previous post!

You can see my account of all this on my webpage www.turing.org.uk/scrapbook/morph.html

To continue... this was easier said than done, and I had to find out all about his friends and contacts and doing right back to the 1920s, and a time when all the elements were very sensitive for people to talk about. Also I hard to learn computer history, which is also a sensitive subject for different reasons! It…

Sorry folks, new to gizmodo and I didn't have 'See all replies' on. This was all back in the 1970s. I first knew AT's name from being a math student, but just as an (unusual) name. Then in the early 1970s I heard the story of the end of his life, from gay men I met in the gay rights movement of that time. But the…

Same problem, Kate, this amounts to asking me to review the film! Not possible.

I'm just sticking to being the historian. If you ask me about particular questions I'll say if they fit historical reality or not. I won't make a general comment —- opinions differ wildly about what is valid adaptation/fictionalization.

Pleased to be here —- thanks to a practical version of Alan Turing's universal machine!

does this work now?

testing the system