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)