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Title : Ebook The Code Book: Science of Secrecy from Ancient Egypt to Quantum Cryptography Full Book isbn : 0385495323

Book synopsis Paperback. Pub Date: August. 2000 Pages: 432 Publisher: Anchor Books In HIS first book since the bestselling Fermat's Enigma Simon Singh offers the first Sweeping History of the 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 eakthrough 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 oke the world's most difficult codes. Accessible. compelling. and remarkably far- reaching. this book will forever alter your view of history an... Book synopsis With their inextricable links to history, mystery and war, codes and ciphers offer a rich seam of material for any author. The relative dearth of non-technical books on the subject may be a reflection of its pretty technical foundations, which compel hard decisions about what to include and what to gloss over. Few are better qualified to take on the challenge than Simon Singh, the particle physicist turned science writer whose book Fermat's Last Theorem, recounting the dauntingly complex story behind the proof of this mathematical conjecture, deservedly became a No. 1 bestseller. The Code Book contains many fascinating accounts of code-breaking in action, from its use in unmasking the Man in the Iron Mask and the defeat of the Nazis to the breaking of a modern cipher system by a world-wide army of amateurs in 1994. It is especially good on the most recent developments, such as quantum cryptology

and the thorny civil liberties issues raised by the advent of very secure cipher systems over the Internet. But Singh's mathematical prowess sometimes gets the better of his journalistic instincts, leading to technical descriptions that unnecessarily disrupt the narrative flow. So buy it-- and have a shot at the 10,000 pound mystery cipher--but be prepared to skip. --Robert Matthews

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