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The Code Book: The Secret History of Codes and Code-breaking by Simon Singh (Paperback, 2000)
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The betrayal of Mary Queen of Scots and the cracking of the enigma code that helped the Allies in World War II are major episodes in a continuing history of cryptography. Since humans began writing, they have been communicating in code.
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The Science of Secrecy from Ancient Egypt to Quantum Cryptography From the best-selling author of Fermat's Last Theorem, The Code Book is a history of man's urge to uncover the secrets of codes, from Egyptian puzzles to modern day computer encryptions. As in Fermat's Last Theorem, Simon Singh brings life to an anstonishing story of puzzles, codes, languages and riddles that reveals man's continual pursuit to disguise and uncover, and to work out the secret languages of others. Codes have influenced events throughout history, both in the stories of those who make them and those who break them. The betrayal of Mary Queen of Scots and the cracking of the enigma code that helped the Allies in World War II are major episodes in a continuing history of cryptography. In addition to stories of intrigue and warfare, Simon Singh also investigates other codes, the unravelling of genes and the rediscovery of ancient languages and most tantalisingly, the Beale ciphers, an unbroken code that could hold the key to a $20 million treasure.Product Identifiers
PublisherHarperCollins
ISBN-139781857028898
eBay Product ID (ePID)87694335
Product Key Features
Book TitleThe Code Book: the Secret History of Codes and Code-Breaking
AuthorSimon Singh
FormatPaperback
LanguageEnglish
TopicComputer Science, Science
Publication Year2000
TypeTextbook
Number of Pages416 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height198mm
Item Width129mm
Item Weight290g
Additional Product Features
Title_AuthorSimon Singh
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom
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- 10 Sep, 2019
If you want to find out about codes, this is the book
It is so comprehensiveVerified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- 11 Jan, 2017
Wonderful book
Verified purchase: YesCondition: New
