The Code Book
Simon Singh offers in this book a sweeping view of the subject of encryption as well as its more dramatic effects on the outcome of wars, monarchies, and individual lives. The history of the Beale Cipher, which was created in the early 19th-century to help hide treasure, is included.
GenresCryptographyHistoryCiphersData encryption (Computer science)Confidential communications
402 pages
English edition · First published 1999 by Fourth Estate · ISBN 9781857028799
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