June 2012

One Million Tomorrows by Bob Shaw (Italian edition)

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The novel “One Million Tomorrows” by Bob Shaw was published for the first time in 1970. In the XXII century, aging is a problem overcome thanks to a drug that stops it. The problem is that men who undergo the anti-aging treatment become impotent. For this reason, men generally wait until a certain age before undergoing the treatment.

Alan Turing statue in Sackville Park in Manchester

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The mathematician and computer scientist Alan Mathison Turing was born on June 23, 1912 in London, England. He’s one of the fathers of computer science and in particular of artificial intelligence. During World War II he worked on deciphering German secret codes.

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We received the sad news that the British actress Caroline John, who played Elizabeth “Liz” Shaw in “Doctor Who”, passed away on June 5, 2012.