Apple's logo — a silhouette of an apple with ... Is it an obvious nod to Isaac Newton and his theory of gravity, or is it a link to Alan Turing, a man who many consider the father of modern ...

Alan Turing was found dead in bed by his cleaner on 8 June 1954. He had died from cyanide poisoning the day before. A partly eaten apple lay next to his body. The coroner’s verdict was suicide.

Alan Turing was a British mathematician born on ... When his body was discovered, an apple laid half-eaten next to his bed. It was never tested for cyanide but it is speculated it was the source ...