The Emotions of Alan Turing: The Boy Who Explained Einstein's Theory of Relativity Aged 15½ for his Mother

Abstract

This paper makes no apology for its reading like a collection of book reports. It draws mainly on the reminiscences of Sara and John Turing, Alan Turing's mother and elder brother respectively, as well as from Andrew Hodges' extensive research on the man, his work and his impact gathered for the definitive Alan Turing biography. Alan Turing was a complex, talented man bereft of one stable and loyal companion throughout his life. He was the boy who explained Einstein's Theory of Relativity aged 15ai�� for his mother and the tormented outcast who gave us the modern world (Sunday Times, 2011).