Produktinformation
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. Throughout the text are clear technical and mathematical explanations, and portraits of the remarkable personalities who wrote and broke the world's most difficult codes. Accessible, compelling, and remarkably far-reaching, this book will forever alter your view of history and what drives it. It will also make you wonder how private that e-mail you just sent really is.Produktkennzeichnungen
ISBN-100385495323
ISBN-139780385495325
eBay Product ID (ePID)68776819
Produkt Hauptmerkmale
VerlagRandom House Lcc Us
Erscheinungsjahr2000
Anzahl der Seiten432 Seiten
PublikationsnameThe Code Book
SpracheEnglisch
ProduktartLehrbuch
AutorSimon Singh
FormatTaschenbuch
Zusätzliche Produkteigenschaften
Item Length20cm
Item Weight399g