The code book : the science of secrecy from ancient Egypt to quantum cryptography
The code book : the science of secrecy from ancient Egypt to quantum cryptography By Singh, Simon
2000 | 411 Pages | ISBN: 0307787842 | EPUB | 6 MB
2000 | 411 Pages | ISBN: 0307787842 | EPUB | 6 MB
"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 broke the world's most difficult codes. Accessible, compelling, and remarkably far-reaching, this book will forever alter your view of history and what drives it. It will also make yo wonder how private that e-mail you just sent really is.