Singh, Simon.

The code book : the science of secrecy from ancient Egypt to quantum cryptography / Simon Singh. - 1st Anchor Books ed. - New York : Anchor Books, 2000, c1999. - xvii, 411 p. : ill., maps, ports. ; 21 cm.

Includes index.

Cipher of Mary Queen of Scots -- Le Chiffre indechiffrable -- Mechanization of secrecy -- Cracking the enigma -- Language barrier -- Alice and Bob go public -- Pretty good privacy -- Quantum leap into the future.

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Cryptography--History.
Ciphers--History.
Confidential communications.
Data encryption (Computer science)

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