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The Code Book, The Science of Secrecy from Ancient Egypt to Quantum Cryptography
by Simon Singh
- HISTORY
- 2000
- PAPER
- 410 PAGES
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The constant struggle between codemaker and codebreaker is the subject of this highly-readable history of cryptography. Singh delves into the history of the science and tells the stories of the personalities behind it. In his investigation of the discipline's future, Singh poses the possibly of a truly impregnable code.
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