It is hard to say what homosexuals have contributed because so many have had to hide who they are and in many places still do. But some of the things you mentioned above, Google and the IPhone may not exist without Alan Turing.
Alan Turing is largely credited as the father of computer science, creating algorithms for early computers. He also worked with the UK war department during WWII to create ciphers to break Nazi codes resulting in many victories for the allied forces and lives saved.
He may have contributed much more except that he was prosecuted for engaging in homosexual activities and given the choice of prison of lifetime chemical castration. He opted instead to take his own life at 42.
As I said, because of the historical secrecy on the subject the subject the full list will never be known, but I can provide a list if needed. Leonardo Da Vinci, considered by many to be one of the great mindminds of all time, would be on it. And he was also arrested, but not convicted, on the charge of sodomy by the way.
They turned the story of turing into a movie. But they really stretched the truth a lot, the real person who cracked nazi codes was definitely not gay and remaibs anonymous to this day. But its still a fun story about the gay guy
Hollywood films are almost always inaccurate for the purpose of making them more entertaining. I haven't see the film so I can't speak to its accuracy. But my facts are correct. I didn't say he was personally breaking codes, I said he developed algorithms and ciphers used for that purpose. He did this as a leading member of a large team of people assigned to code breaking. Though I am sure there are many unknown members of that team that broke codes, to say the work was done by a single anonymous person is inaccurate. To say that he did not greatly contribute to the efforts of a team he helped lead using systems and devices he helped to develop and invent would also be very inaccurate. He is owed much of the credit and I believe I am accurately giving him the credit due. If you are actually interested in the topic, you may enjoy reading some information at the following link.
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It is hard to say what homosexuals have contributed because so many have had to hide who they are and in many places still do. But some of the things you mentioned above, Google and the IPhone may not exist without Alan Turing.
Alan Turing is largely credited as the father of computer science, creating algorithms for early computers. He also worked with the UK war department during WWII to create ciphers to break Nazi codes resulting in many victories for the allied forces and lives saved.
He may have contributed much more except that he was prosecuted for engaging in homosexual activities and given the choice of prison of lifetime chemical castration. He opted instead to take his own life at 42.
As I said, because of the historical secrecy on the subject the subject the full list will never be known, but I can provide a list if needed. Leonardo Da Vinci, considered by many to be one of the great mindminds of all time, would be on it. And he was also arrested, but not convicted, on the charge of sodomy by the way.
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Yeh i saw the imitation game too, it was an okay movie, but all fiction though
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I have never heard of that movie.
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They turned the story of turing into a movie. But they really stretched the truth a lot, the real person who cracked nazi codes was definitely not gay and remaibs anonymous to this day. But its still a fun story about the gay guy
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Hollywood films are almost always inaccurate for the purpose of making them more entertaining. I haven't see the film so I can't speak to its accuracy. But my facts are correct. I didn't say he was personally breaking codes, I said he developed algorithms and ciphers used for that purpose. He did this as a leading member of a large team of people assigned to code breaking. Though I am sure there are many unknown members of that team that broke codes, to say the work was done by a single anonymous person is inaccurate. To say that he did not greatly contribute to the efforts of a team he helped lead using systems and devices he helped to develop and invent would also be very inaccurate. He is owed much of the credit and I believe I am accurately giving him the credit due. If you are actually interested in the topic, you may enjoy reading some information at the following link.
http://www.iwm.org.uk/history/how-alan-turing-cracked-the-enigma-code