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

by Simon Singh

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About this book

Combining impeccable history and intriguing stories of espionage and intellectual breakthroughs, this riveting bestseller, by the author of the popular science classic Fermat's Last Theorem, brings to life the secret world of cryptographers and code-breakers from Ancient Egypt to the age of the internet.

Book Details

ISBN13	9781857028898
ISBN10	1857028899
Series/Work	OL31157W View on OpenLibrary
Publisher	Fourth Estate
Pages	416
Language	EN-GB
Created At	January 30, 2025
Updated At	January 30, 2025
Last OL update	January 18, 2025

Subjects

20e s. 652/.8/09 Angewandte Mathematik Chiffrement (Informatique) Chiffrierung Cipher and telegraph codes Ciphers Code names Codes Coding theory Communication humaine Communications Confidential communications Confidentialité Cryptographie Cryptography Cryptography--history Data encryption (Computer science) Data encryption (computer science)--history Dechiffrierung

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