A Quantum Leap for the Turing Award

Corroborated by 7 sources from 7 publishers

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TL;DR

Reports differ across sources; according to quantamagazine.org, in the early 1970s, Wiesner abruptly abandoned physics research and joined the California counterculture, and his revolutionary paper remained unpublished for nearly 15 years.

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Wired

https://www.wired.com/story/a-quantum-leap-for-the-turing-award

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The New York Times (Technology)

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/18/technology/turing-award-goes-to-inventors-of-quantum-cryptography.html

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Google News

https://news.google.com/rss/articles/CBMilwFBVV95cUxOVWN2a0dWam1NM2lYS1FXUjZBeE82UU1BdG01QXVPd0kzbDF6NXA1VFZybXFMVGhUNFNYYkFOa3RFNUdGTHpBdmY4NXJGYVRYWmpHZGxxWnJva3BURUl0eXNsb1NKZlZHZXNRaVpIYnR0b1oyOE11ZUlYNjdaeFlPVWVVNWtySGl5RjhYTS1VZ2FCNmJYSk5N?oc=5

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