| Edition |
1st ed. |
| Physical description |
xiii, 402 pages : illustrations, map ; 25 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 388-393) and index. |
| Contents |
1. The Cipher of Mary Queen of Scots -- 2. Le Chiffre Indechiffrable -- 3. The Mechanisation of Secrecy -- 4. Cracking the Enigma -- 5. The Language Barrier -- 6. Alice and Bob Go Public -- 7. Pretty Good Privacy -- 8. A Quantum Leap into the Future -- The Cipher Challenge. |
| Summary |
"Combining a storyteller's sense of drama and a scientist's appreciation for technical perfection, Singh traces the evolution of secret writing from ancient Greek military espionage to the frontiers of computer science. The result is an epic tale of human ingenuity, with examples that range from the poignant to the peculiar to the world-historical."--BOOK JACKET. |
| Subject |
Cryptography -- History.
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Data encryption (Computer science) -- History.
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| ISBN |
0385495315 (hardcover) |
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