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The code book : the evolution of secrecy from Mary Queen of Scots to quantum cryptography / Simon Singh.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Singh, Simon.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Cryptography--History.
- Cryptography.
- Data encryption (Computer science)--History.
- Data encryption (Computer science).
- History.
- Physical Description:
- xiii, 402 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Doubleday, 1999.
- Summary:
- From the author of the bestselling "Fermat's Enigma" comes a compelling tour through the cloaked world of codes and code breaking, from Greek military espionage to Navajo code talkers to the frontiers of computer science. Illustrations.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 388-393) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0385495315
- OCLC:
- 41572673
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