Oscar Wilde, Kurt Gödel, and Alan Turing were acknowledged as brilliant thinkers who forever changed their fields; however, all three faced hardships. Turing and Wilde, in particular, struggled: both were persecuted for being gay, and they died young as a result. In this unit, students study the work of Gödel, Turing, and Wilde and apply concepts these men articulated to the contexts of computer science, the legal system, and social media. They also explore the effects of the persecution they suffered on their work.

Books

WORLD

• The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde

STEAM

• A Madman Dreams of Turing Machines by Janna Levin