The Imitation Game (2014) is a historical drama about Alan Turing, the brilliant but socially awkward mathematician who leads a secret British codebreaking team at Bletchley Park during World War II to crack the German Enigma cipher. Recruited by the government, Turing clashes with superiors and colleagues while building an electromechanical machine (a precursor to modern computers) that can sift through the staggering number of possible Enigma settings far faster than any human team. via @itsam

Alan Turing: how the world’s most famous codebreaker unlocked the secrets of nature’s beauty