000012772 000__ 02847cam\a2200613\i\4500 000012772 001__ 12772 000012772 003__ SzGeWIPO 000012772 005__ 20210318092543.0 000012772 008__ 020403s2000\\\\nyua\\\\rb\\\u001\0\eng\d 000012772 020__ $$a0385495323 000012772 020__ $$z9780385495325 000012772 020__ $$z9781439580165 000012772 020__ $$z1439580162 000012772 020__ $$z9780307787842$$qelectronic book 000012772 020__ $$z0307787842$$qelectronic book 000012772 020__ $$z0385495315$$qhardcover 000012772 020__ $$z9780385495318$$qhardcover 000012772 020__ $$z1857028791 000012772 020__ $$z9781857028799 000012772 035__ $$a(wipo)(CD )02-0232 000012772 035__ $$a(OCoLC)45010734 000012772 040__ $$aSzGeWIPO$$beng$$erda$$cSzGeWIPO$$dCaBNVSL 000012772 050_4 $$aZ103$$b.S562000 000012772 050_4 $$aGV939.H45$$bA32000 000012772 08204 $$a652.8$$221 000012772 08204 $$a652.809$$220 000012772 084__ $$aD 101 SIN.C 000012772 090__ $$c13341$$d13341 000012772 1001_ $$aSingh, Simon,$$eauthor. 000012772 24514 $$aThe code book :$$bthe evolution of secrecy from Mary, Queen of Scots, to quantum cryptography /$$cSimon Singh. 000012772 264_1 $$aNew York :$$bAnchor Books,$$cc2000. 000012772 300__ $$axvii, 411 pages :$$billustrations, maps ;$$c20 cm 000012772 336__ $$atext$$btxt$$2rdacontent 000012772 337__ $$aunmediated$$bn$$2rdamedia 000012772 338__ $$avolume$$bnc$$2rdacarrier 000012772 500__ $$aThe Library of Congress has catalogued the Doubleday edition as follows: Singh, Simon. The code book : the evolution of secrecy from Mary Queen of Scots to quantum cryptography / Simon Singh. - 1st ed. 000012772 500__ $$a"First edition." 000012772 504__ $$aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 397-402) and index. 000012772 5050_ $$aCipher 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. 000012772 520__ $$a"In his first book since the bestselling Fermat's Enigma, Simon Singh offers the first sweeping history of encryption, tracing its evolution and revealing the dramatic effects codes have had on wars, nations, and individual lives. From Mary, Queen of Scots, trapped by her own code, to the Navajo Code Talkers who helped the Allies win World War II, to the incredible (and incredibly simple) logisitical breakthrough that made Internet commerce secure, The Code Book tells the story of the most powerful intellectual weapon ever known: secrecy. 000012772 650_0 $$aCryptography. 000012772 650_0 $$aData encryption (computer sciencea)$$xHistory. 000012772 650_0 $$aConfidential communications. 000012772 650_0 $$aCiphers. 000012772 650_0 $$aCiphers$$xHistory. 000012772 650_0 $$aInternet$$xLaw and legislation. 000012772 650_4 $$aINFORMATION SCIENCE (DOCUMENTATION) : HISTORICAL STUDIES 000012772 650_4 $$aCOMPUTER SCIENCE : DATA ENCRYPTION 000012772 650_4 $$aCRYPTOGRAPHY : HISTORY 000012772 650_6 $$aChiffrement (Informatique)$$xHistoire. 000012772 7102_ $$aAnchor Books. 000012772 903__ $$v1 000012772 942__ $$cMON 000012772 980__ $$aBIB 000012772 999__ $$c13341$$d13341