The Code Book: The Secret History of Codes and Code-breaking
Writer: Simon Singh
Published: 24 July 2010The 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 astonishing 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 unraveling of genes and the rediscovery of ancient languages and most tantalizingly, the Beale ciphers, an unbroken code that could hold the key to a $20 million treasure.Pages: 416
ISBN: 0385495323
ISBN-13: 978-0385495325
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