THE HONORS: A group of British lawmakers wants World War II code-breaker and computing pioneer Alan Turing to be commemorated on a banknote.
THE ANNIVERSARY: This year marks the centenary of the birth of Turing.
WHAT HE DID: He helped crack Nazi Germany’s secret codes by creating the “Turing bombe,” a forerunner of modern computers. He also developed the “Turing Test” to measure artificial intelligence.
