The Code Book: The Secret History of Codes and Code-Breaking by Simon Singh

The Code Book: The Secret History of Codes and Code-Breaking

Simon Singh

402 pages first pub 1999 (editions)

nonfiction history mathematics science informative medium-paced
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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 encrypt...

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