Digg
Del.icio.us
Newsvine 
Facebook
Stumbleupon
At that time homosexual acts were illegal and as a punishment Turing was given the choice of prison or experimental hormone treatment.
He took the latter and received injections of the female hormone oestrogen, which led him to develop breasts.
He was also barred from working for the government due to a fear at the time that homosexuals could be communist spies.
Two years later Turing was found dead after apparantly biting into a posioned apple. He was 42 years old.
Shares in British banks rose on the FTSE 100 in morning trading following positive news on the Greek debt crisis.
Unite, the union, has gone to international unions, in its attempts to bring the...
© 2010 The IBTimes Company Ltd. All Rights Reserved.
Partners 
EMAIL
PRINT
RSS
SHARE
