The Code Book by Simon Singh PDF Download

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Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Genres: Nonfiction, Science Books, History Books
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Pages: 432 pages
ISBN10: 0385495323
ISBN13: 9780385495325
Tags: Nonfiction Books, Science Books, History Books, Free Download, PDF Download
Language: en
Physical Form: PDF Book
Type: PDF
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.

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