@article{12772,
      recid = {12772},
      author = {Singh, Simon,},
      title = {The code book : the evolution of secrecy from Mary, Queen  of Scots, to quantum cryptography /},
      pages = {xvii, 411 pages :},
      note = {The Library of Congress has catalogued the Doubleday  edition as follows: Singh, Simon. The code book : the  evolution of secrecy from Mary Queen of Scots to quantum  cryptography / Simon Singh. - 1st ed.},
      abstract = {"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.},
      url = {http://tind.wipo.int/record/12772},
}