The code book : the secret history of codes and codebreaking Simon Singh

By:

Singh Simon

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: London : Fourth Estate, cop. 1999Description: (xiii-402 p.) : ill., portraits. ; 20 cmISBN:

9781857028898

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DDC classification:

652.8 SIN

Contents:

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

Summary: The Science of Secrecy from Ancient Egypt to Quantum Cryptography From the best-selling author of Fermat's Last Theorem, The Code Book is a history of man's urge to uncover the secrets of codes, from Egyptian puzzles to modern day computer encryptions

List(s) this item appears in: New Arrivals March 2021 - Central Library IIITDMK

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Barcode
Books	IIITDM Kurnool Fiction	Fiction	652.8 SIN (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available	0002863
Books	IIITDM Kurnool Fiction	Fiction	652.8 SIN (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available	0002864
Books	IIITDM Kurnool Fiction	Fiction	652.8 SIN (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available	0002865
Books	IIITDM Kurnool Fiction	Fiction	652.8 SIN (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available	0002866
Reference	IIITDM Kurnool Reference	Reference	652.8 SIN (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Not For Loan	0002867

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

The Science of Secrecy from Ancient Egypt to Quantum Cryptography From the best-selling author of Fermat's Last Theorem, The Code Book is a history of man's urge to uncover the secrets of codes, from Egyptian puzzles to modern day computer encryptions

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