The Code Book for Young People: How to Make It, Break It, Hack It, Crack It - Hardcover

Singh, Simon

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0385729138 ISBN 13: 9780385729130

Verlag: Delacorte Pr, 2002

Inhaltsangabe

Provides young adults with a review of cryptography, its evolution over time, and its purpose throughout history from the era of Julius Caesar to the modern day.

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Simon Singh is the author of Fermat’s Enigma and The Code Book. He lives in London.

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nown as the science of secrecy. Cryptography: the encoding and decoding of private information. And it is history s most fascinating story of intrigue and cunning. From Julius Caesar and his Caesar Cipher to the code used by Mary Queen of Scots and her conspiracy to the use of the Engima machine during the Second World War, Simon Singh follows the evolution of secret writing.

Accessible, compelling, and timely, this international bestseller, now adapted for young people, is sure to make readers see the past and the future in a whole new way.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Delacorte Pr
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2002
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0385729138
• ISBN 13: 9780385729130
• Einband: Tapa dura
• Anzahl der Seiten: 263
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