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

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The Code Book: The Science of Secrecy from Ancient Egypt to Quantum CryptographyIn 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 Allies win World War II, to the incredible (and incredibly simple) logisitical breakthrough that made Internet commerce secure, The

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 Allies win World War II, to the incredible (and incredibly simple) logisitical breakthrough that made Internet commerce secure, 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 you wonder how private that e-mail you just sent really is.

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Anchor Books
Published: 08/29/2000
ISBN: 9780385495325
Pages: 432
Weight: 0.87lbs
Size: 7.95h x 5.27w x 0.91d

Review Citations: New York Times 08/06/2000 pg. 24
Entertainment Weekly 09/29/2000 pg. 124
Science 06/05/2009 pg. 1267

Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 57916 / Code Book: How to Make It, Break It, Hack It, Crack It
Reading Level: 11.2 / Interest Level: Upper Grade / Point Value: 13
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