
The Code Book
The Science of Secrecy from Ancient Egypt to Quantum Cryptography
Simon Singh(Author)
Anchor Books (Publisher)
Published on 29. August 2000
Book
Paperback/Softback
432 pages
978-0-385-49532-5 (ISBN)
Description
In his first book since the bestselling Fermat's Enigma, Simon Singh offers the first sweeping history of encryption, tracing its evolution and revealing the dramatic effects codes have had on wars, nations, and individual lives. From Mary, Queen of Scots, trapped by her own code, to the Navajo Code Talkers who helped the Allies win World War II, to the incredible (and incredibly simple) logisitical breakthrough that made Internet commerce secure, The Code Book tells the story of the most powerful intellectual weapon ever known: secrecy.
Throughout the text are clear technical and mathematical explanations, and portraits of the remarkable personalities who wrote and broke the world's most difficult codes. Accessible, compelling, and remarkably far-reaching, this book will forever alter your view of history and what drives it. It will also make you wonder how private that e-mail you just sent really is.
Throughout the text are clear technical and mathematical explanations, and portraits of the remarkable personalities who wrote and broke the world's most difficult codes. Accessible, compelling, and remarkably far-reaching, this book will forever alter your view of history and what drives it. It will also make you wonder how private that e-mail you just sent really is.
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Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Publishing group
Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group Inc
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Illustrations
ILLUS THROUGHOUT (50 HALFTONE)
Dimensions
Height: 203 mm
Width: 132 mm
Thickness: 22 mm
Weight
413 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-385-49532-5 (9780385495325)
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E-Book
01/2011
Anchor
€11.49
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Person
Simon Singh