Categories Thoughts Google donates $850,000 to restore home of the codebreakers Post author By Ed Parsons Post date December 15, 2011 No Comments on Google donates $850,000 to restore home of the codebreakers Makes me proud to be a Googler ! #blogpost Google has donated £550,000 ($850,000) towards the £15 million project to renovate Bletchley Park. The donation from Mountain View is part of a $100 million charitable program that's previously helped rescue Alan Turing's personal papers. The country estate is the former home of Station X and the British Government's Code and Cypher School, which was where the World War Two model of the Enigma Machine was decrypted. Turing, its most famous alumnus went on to pioneer computer science and artif… Share this:Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window)Like Loading... ← Satellite images reveal “secret” Nevada UAV site → Freedom is in Peril Add a comment?Cancel reply
