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iconoclasthero
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« Reply #3 on: October 13, 2023, 08:05:30 AM » |
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"©1999 Simon Singh (P)2021 Random House Audio"
Do either of the requesters know if there's been some new information added since it was published at the end of the last century? (There is no mention of such on the book's Wikipedia page.) I have no interest in reading a book on cryptography (including quantum) that is a quarter century old, though the subject is something I would like to read more about.
In his first book since the best-selling Fermat's Enigma, Simon Singh offers the first sweeping history of encryption, tracing its evolution and revealing the dramatic effects codes have had on wars, nations, and individual lives. From Mary, Queen of Scots, trapped by her own code, to the Navajo Code Talkers who helped the Allies win World War II, to the incredible (and incredibly simple) logistical breakthrough that made internet commerce secure, The Code Book tells the story of the most powerful intellectual weapon ever known: secrecy.
Throughout the text are clear technical and mathematical explanations and portraits of the remarkable personalities who wrote and broke the world's most difficult codes. Accessible, compelling, and remarkably far-reaching, this book will forever alter your view of history and what drives it. It will also make you wonder how private that email you just sent really is.
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