The Code Book
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The Code Book
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The Code Book by Simon Singh
In his first book since the bestselling 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) logisitical 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 e-mail you just sent really is.Simon Singh is a Ph.D. candidate. from the University of Cambridge, with a degree in particle physics. He directed the BAFTA Award-winning documentary film Fermat's Last Theorem and wrote Fermat's Enigma, the popular book on the same subject, and is a former BBC producer. The Science of Secrets, based on his best-selling novel The Code Book, was a BBC television series. Big Bang, his third book, was also a success, and Trick or Treatment: The Undeniable Truth About Alternative Medicine, which he co-authored with Edzard Ernst, received a lot of attention. Singh currently resides in London.
| SKU | Non disponible |
| ISBN 13 | 9780385495318 |
| ISBN 10 | 0385495315 |
| Titre | The Code Book |
| Auteur | Simon Singh |
| État | Non disponible |
| Type de reliure | Hardback |
| Éditeur | Doubleday Books |
| Année de publication | 1999-09-14 |
| Nombre de pages | 416 |
| Prix | Short-listed for L.A. Times Book Prize (Science/Technology) 1999 |
| Note de couverture | La photo du livre est présentée à titre d'illustration uniquement. La reliure, la couverture ou l'édition réelle peuvent varier. |
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