0385495323 9780385495325 9781439580165 1439580162 9780307787842 electronic book 0307787842 electronic book 0385495315 hardcover 9780385495318 hardcover 1857028791 9781857028799
Alternate Call Number
D 101 SIN.C
Summary
"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.
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. "First edition."
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 397-402) and index.