Birds of North America: A Quick Identification GUI De to Comm by Bull

Birds of North America: A Quick Identification GUI De to Comm by Bull

Winner of an Outstanding Academic Title Award from CHOICE Magazine

Most available cryptology books primarily focus on either mathematics or history. Breaking this mold, Secret History: The Story of Cryptology gives a thorough yet accessible treatment of both the mathematics and history of cryptology. Requiring minimal mathematical prerequisites, the book presents the mathematics in sufficient detail and weaves the history throughout the chapters. In addition to the fascinating historical and political sides of cryptology, the author-a former Scholar-in-Residence at the U.S. National Security Agency (NSA) Center for Cryptologic History-includes interesting instances of codes and ciphers in crime, literature, music, and art.

Following a mainly chronological development of concepts, the book focuses on classical cryptology in the first part. It covers Greek and Viking cryptography, the Vigen re cipher, the one-time pad, transposition ciphers, Jefferson's cipher wheel, the Playfair cipher, ADFGX, matrix encryption, World War I cipher systems (including a detailed examination of Enigma), and many other classical methods introduced before World War I.

The second part of the book examines modern cryptology. The author looks at the work of Claude Shannon and the origin and current status of the NSA, including some of its Suite B algorithms such as elliptic curve cryptography and the Advanced Encryption Standard. He also details the controversy that surrounded the Data Encryption Standard and the early years of public key cryptography. The book not only provides the how-to of the Diffie-Hellman key exchange and RSA algorithm, but also covers many attacks on the latter. Additionally, it discusses Elgamal, digital signatures, PGP, and stream ciphers and explores future directions such as quantum cryptography and DNA computing.

With numerous real-world examples and extensive references, this book skillfully balances the historical aspects of cryptology with its mathematical details. It provides readers with a sound foundation in this dynamic field.

Please visit Dr. Bauer's website, which provides access to exercise sets: http: //depts.ycp.edu/ cbauer/

JOHN BULL is Professor of Film and Drama at the University of Reading. He has published and lectured extensively on modern drama, and is on the editorial board of Critical Stages. He is the author of New British Political Dramatists and Stage Right: Crisis and Recovery in British Contemporary Mainstream Drama; editor of the six volume British and Irish Dramatists Since World War II, and has directed many plays, including three of his own.

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ISBN 13	9780020796602
ISBN 10	0020796609
Title	Birds of North America: A Quick Identification GUI De to Comm
Author	Bull
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	John Wiley & Sons Inc
Year published	1985-04-01
Number of pages	158
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