The Code Book: The Science of Secrecy from Ancient Egypt to Quantum Cryptography

Simon Singh

ISBN 10: 0385495315 / ISBN 13: 9780385495318

Verlag: Doubleday, New York, 1999

Beschreibung

8vo pp. 402, "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? Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 320505

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Titel: The Code Book: The Science of Secrecy from ...

Verlag: Doubleday, New York

Erscheinungsdatum: 1999

Einband: Hardcover

Zustand: Very Good

Zustand des Schutzumschlags: very good

Art des Buches: book

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Inhaltsangabe:

A look at the world of codes includes a history of how they have affected the world, from the World Wars to the death of Mary, Queen of Scots, and also looks at what the future holds for the field of cryptography.

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Simon Singh received his Ph.D. in physics from the University of Cambridge. A former BBC producer, he directed an award-winning documentary film on Fermat's Last Theorem that aired on PBS's "Nova" series, and wrote the bestselling book Fermat's Enigma. He lives in London, England.