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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. Although this is intended as an introduction to crypto for younger readers, I really enjoyed romping through it. Singh is a great storyteller and a fantastic explainer of often-complex technical setups, and feeling good and inspired to get back into ciphers after this. Not sure how it compares to the Code Book, which I'll probably skim through to see what I've missed. ( ) no reviews | add a review
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How to make it, break it, hack it, crack it. The secret history of codes and code breaking. Simon Singh's best-selling title The Code Book now re-issued for the young-adult market. The Science of Secrecy from Ancient Egypt to Quantum Cryptography. Simon Singh brings life to an amazing story of puzzles, codes, languages and riddles -- revealing the continual pursuit to disguise and uncover, and to work out the secret languages of others. Codes have influenced events throughout history, both in the stories of those who make them and those who break them. The betrayal of Mary Queen of Scots and the cracking of the enigma code that helped the Allies in World War II are major episodes in a continuing history of cryptography. In addition to stories of intrigue and warfare, Simon Singh also investigates other codes, the unravelling of genes and the rediscovery of ancient languages and most tantalisingly, the Beale ciphers, an unbroken code that could hold the key to a USD20 million treasure. No library descriptions found. |
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