Code Breaking and Nature’s Patterns
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Code Breaking and Nature’s Patterns

Celebrate VE Day with codebreaking challenges, inspired by the codebreaker Alan Turing, and learn about his work on patterns in nature.

By The Bay: A Blueprint for Recovery

Date and time

Saturday, May 3 · 11am - 3pm GMT+1

Location

The Dock Museum

North Road Barrow-in-Furness LA14 2PW United Kingdom

About this event

  • Event lasts 4 hours

Alan Turing’s code breaking work saved countless lives by protecting ocean going craft (many of which were built in Barrow!). He was also a biologist, who’s work informed our understanding of how the infinite variety of stripes, spots, scales and feathers are formed in nature. In this session participants will enjoy a range of activities inspired by Turing’s patterns and will get a chance to test their codebreaking skills! We’ll be making morse code bracelets, ceaser cyphers, models of the enigma machine, and more.

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The Bay: A Blueprint for Recovery