Alan Turing Papers Found in Loft and Nearly Shredded to Be Auctioned

Alan Turing papers found in loft and nearly shredded to be auctioned

The archive of papers, including the Second World War codebreaker’s personal copy of his PhD, will go under the hammer next month. Scientific papers belonging to Second World War codebreaker Alan Turing which were discovered in a loft and nearly shredded are expected to fetch thousands of pounds at auction next month. The archive of papers belonging to the mathematician include a signed personal copy of his 1939 PhD dissertation Systems Of Logic…

Rare Alan Turing papers narrowly escape shredder to be auctioned off in Lichfield

Jim Spencer, director of Rare Book Auctions, who are handling the auction, described the collection as ‘the most important archive’ he had ever handled.

Alan Turing’s computer science papers – once considered for shredding – expected to make a fortune at auction

Rare Book Auctions Scientific papers by mathematical genius Alan Turing are expected to fetch more than one hundred thousand pounds at auction. The calculations – called “offprints” – were found in a loft. At one point the priceless works were destined for the shredder The papers were given to Norman Routledge by Turing’s mother Ethel. Norman and Alan – both mathematicians – were life-long friends. Offprints were produced in small numbers for di…