Turing Archive Director Questions Alan Turing Suicide Report

Posted by timothy on Sunday June 24, 2012 @06:25AM from the article-of-faith dept.

That Alan Turing committed suicide is widely accepted as fact. Now, an anonymous reader writes, "According to Professor Jack Copeland, director of the The Turing Archive for the History of Computing, 'The coroner [in Turing's case] didn't really investigate the evidence at all, he just jumped to the conclusion that he committed suicide. He seems to have been very biased from the statements in newspapers at the time.' Copeland further said that medical evidence suggested Turing died from inhaling cyanide rather than drinking or ingesting it."

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All right! by 93+Escort+Wagon · 2012-06-24 06:28 · Score: 5, Funny

Slashdot's finally gotten to the point where its stories are driven by the Google Doodle!

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1. Re:All right! by artor3 · 2012-06-24 06:46 · Score: 4, Funny
  
  You're right, back then the stories would be driven by last week's Google Doodle.
Re:suicide with cyanide? by rubycodez · 2012-06-24 07:57 · Score: 2, Funny

all exclusively gay men get a Darwin award; their genes will never propogate