The Bank of England has released a new £50 note featuring noted computer scientist and wartime code breaker Alan Turing. The new polymer-based note will replace the previous paper version ...

This is a significant year in the legacy of the mathematician Alan Turing. Almost 70 years after his death, his face will appear on the new £50 note, marking his contribution to UK history.

Alan Turing was an English mathematician, wartime code-breaker and pioneer of computer science. Photo: Alan Turing with two colleagues and a Ferranti computer in January 1951. Turing had ...