The code book: the evolution of secrecy from mary queen of scots to quantum c…

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) logisi…

Codes and ciphers: a history of cryptography

Contents: 1. The Beginnings Of Cryptography 2. From The Middle Ages Onwards 3. Signals, Signs And Secret Languages 4. Commercial Codes 5. Military Codes And Ciphers 6. Types Of Codes And Ciphers 7. Methods Of Deciphering

Codebreakers: the inside story of Bletchley Park

Edition

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ISBN/ISSN

019285304X

Collation

xxi, 321 hlm.; 19 cm.

Series Title

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Call Number

940.54 HIN c

The Codebreakers: the comprehensive history of secret communication from anci…

CONTENTS Preface to the Revised Edition Preface A Few Words 1. One Day of Magic THE PAGENT OF CRYPTOLOGY 2. The First 3,000 Years 3. The Rise of the West 4. On the Origin of a Species 5. The Era of the Black Chambers 6. The Contribution of the Dilettantes 7. Crises of the Union 8. The Professor, the Soldier, and the Man on Devil's Island 9. Room 40 10. …

The Codebreakers: the comprehensive history of secret communication from anci…

CONTENTS Preface to the Revised Edition Preface A Few Words 1. One Day of Magic THE PAGENT OF CRYPTOLOGY 2. The First 3,000 Years 3. The Rise of the West 4. On the Origin of a Species 5. The Era of the Black Chambers 6. The Contribution of the Dilettantes 7. Crises of the Union 8. The Professor, the Soldier, and the Man on Devil's Island 9. Room 40 10. …

The codebreakers: the story of secret writing

Edition

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ISBN/ISSN

722151462

Collation

xvi, 476 hlm.; 18 cm.

Series Title

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Call Number

652.8 KAH c