Ebook: The code book : the science of secrecy from ancient Egypt to quantum cryptography
Author: Singh Simon
- Tags: Cryptography -- History., Ciphers -- History., Confidential communications., Data encryption (Computer science), BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Business Writing., Ciphers., Cryptography., Kryptologie
- Year: 2000
- Publisher: Anchor
- City: New York
- Edition: 1st Anchor books ed
- Language: English
- epub
"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 yo wonder how Read more...
Abstract: "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 yo wonder how private that e-mail you just sent really is