Lecture: 'Alan Turing, a broken heart and the invention of the computer' 
Dr Jon Agar (UCL Science and Technology Studies)
with an introduction from Sir Stephen Wall, Chair of UCL Council

This event is being held to commemorate the centenary of Alan Turing's birth and celebrate LGBT History Month. The talk will explore biographer Andrew Hodges' argument that Turing's feelings for his friend Christopher Morcom and the trauma of Morcom's premature death were pivotal in the development of Turing's ideas about the human spirit, the nature of consciousness and, ultimately, the development of the computer.

Date, Time and Venue:
16 February, 1-2pm, J Z Young lecture theatre, Wilkins building, Gower Street, WC1E 6BT

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Dr Jon Agar: Alan Turing, a broken heart & the invention of the computer

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