Number Theory Il 11 However, Turing remained a puzzle to the very end. His mother was a devoutly re- ligious woman who considered suicide a sin. And, other biographers have pointed out, Turing had previously discussed committing suicide by eating a poisoned apple. Evi- dently, Alan Turing, who founded computer science and saved his country, took his own life in the end, and in just such a way that his mother could believe it was an accidentNumber Theory II 11 However, Turing remained a puzzle to the very end. His mother was a devoutly re￾ligious woman who considered suicide a sin. And, other biographers have pointed out, Turing had previously discussed committing suicide by eating a poisoned apple. Evi￾dently, Alan Turing, who founded computer science and saved his country, took his own life in the end, and in just such a way that his mother could believe it was an accident