Manuscript by Nazi code breaker Alan Turing sells for $1 million
By Patricia Reaney NEW YORK (Reuters) - A 56-page handwritten notebook that belonged to World War Two Nazi code breaker and computer pioneer Alan Turing, played by actor Benedict Cumberbatch in the film "The Imitation Game," sold for more than $1 million (681,291 pounds) at an auction in New York, Bonhams said on Monday. Turing, a British mathematical genius, led a team of cryptographers who cracked the wartime Enigma code, which the Germans had considered unbreakable. Cassandra Hatton
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