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E-mail Message: I thought you might be interested in this item at http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/47141916 Title: The code book : how to make it, break it, hack it, crack it Author: Simon Singh Publisher: New York : Delacorte Press, 2002, ©2001. ISBN/ISSN: 0385729138 9780385729130 0385900325 9780385900324 OCLC:47141916

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The code book : how to make it, break it, hack it, crack it

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The code book : how to make it, break it, hack it, crack it

Author:	Simon Singh
Publisher:	New York : Delacorte Press, 2002, ©2001.
Edition/Format:	Book : EnglishView all editions and formats
Summary:	A history of codes and the methodologies for forming and breaking them, from ancient times to modern computers. It's known 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 durin Read more... A history of codes and the methodologies for forming and breaking them, from ancient times to modern computers. It's known 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.
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Material Type:	Internet resource
Document Type:	Book, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors:	Simon Singh Find more information about:
ISBN:	0385729138 9780385729130 0385900325 9780385900324
OCLC Number:	47141916
Description:	263 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Contents:	THE CIPHER OF MARY QUEEN OF SCOTS -- The birth of cryptography, the substitution cipher and the invention of codebreaking by frequency analysis -- THE ANONYMOUS CODEBREAKER -- The Vigenere cipher, why cryptographers seldom get credit for their breakthroughs and a tale of buried treasure -- THE MECHANIZATION OF SECRECY -- The Zimmermann telegram, the Enigma machine and how cryptography changed the courses of World Wars I and II -- THE LANGUAGE BARRIER -- The impenetrability of unknown languages, the Navajo code talkers of World War II and the decipherment of Egyptian hieroglyphs -- ALICE AND BOB Go PUBLIC -- Modern cryptography, the solution to the so-called key-distribution problem and the secret history of nonsecret encryption -- PRETTY GOOD PRIVACY -- The politics of privacy, the future of cryptography and the quest for an uncrackable code.
Responsibility:	Simon Singh.
More information:	Contributor biographical information Sample text Publisher description Table of contents

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A history of codes and the methodologies for forming and breaking them, from ancient times to modern computers. It's known 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.

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