A handwritten manuscript by mathematician Alan Turing, subject of the Oscar-nominated movie, "The Imitation Game," is going up for auction.
Turing apparently wrote the 56-page manuscript in 1942 when he was trying to create one of the world's first computers in order to break the German military's code, known as Enigma. Those efforts, which were successful and were credited with being a key to the Allied victory in World War II, are the focus of much of the movie. It received eight Academy Award nominations, including for Best Picture and Best Actor for Benedict Cumberbatch, who plays Turing.
Turing manuscript going up for auction - Jan. 22, 2015
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