Codebreaker: The History of Codes and Ciphers, from the Ancient Pharaohs to Quantum Cryptography by Stephen Pincock

Codebreaker: The History of Codes and Ciphers, from the Ancient Pharaohs to Quantum Cryptography

Stephen Pincock

176 pages first pub 2006 (editions)

nonfiction history science challenging informative slow-paced

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From the time of the ancient pharaohs to the modern world of Internet banking, civilization has relied on codes and ciphers to keep its secrets. The 4,000-year history of cryptography has been a kind of arms race: Each time a more complex encrypti...

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