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Alan Turing’s notebook goes to auction

It is expected to sell for at least $1 million at Bonhams in New York on April 13.

January 22, 2015 01:41 am | Updated 04:36 pm IST - NEW YORK:

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In this photo, a prop identity card bearing a photograph of British actor Benedict Cumberbatch for his role as Alan Turing in the movie "The Imitation Game" is displayed at Bletchley Park museum in the town of Bletchley in Buckinghamshire, England.

In this photo, a prop identity card bearing a photograph of British actor Benedict Cumberbatch for his role as Alan Turing in the movie "The Imitation Game" is displayed at Bletchley Park museum in the town of Bletchley in Buckinghamshire, England.

A handwritten notebook by Alan Turing is going on the auction block. The Nazi code-breaking genius is depicted by Benedict Cumberbatch in the Oscar-nominated “The Imitation Game.”

It is expected to sell for at least $1 million at Bonhams in New York on April 13.

The 56-page manuscript was written when the mathematician was working to break the German Enigma codes used throughout World War II. It contains his complex mathematical and computer science notations .

The auctioneer says it is believed to be the only extensive Turing manuscript known to exist .

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