| Titre : | The code book : the evolution of secrecy from Mary, Queen of Scots, to quantum cryptography | | Type de document : | texte imprimé | | Auteurs : | Simon Singh, Auteur | | Editeur : | Anchor Books, a division of Random House, Inc. | | Année de publication : | 1999 | | Importance : | xvii, 411 pages | | Présentation : | illustrations | | Format : | 21 cm | | ISBN/ISSN/EAN : | 978-0-385-49532-5 | | Langues : | Anglais (eng) | | Catégories : | 652.809 Cryptography
| | Mots-clés : | The code book | | Index. décimale : | 652.809 | | Résumé : | "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."--Amazon |
The code book [texte imprimé] : the evolution of secrecy from Mary, Queen of Scots, to quantum cryptography / Simon Singh, Auteur . - [S.l.] : Anchor Books, a division of Random House, Inc., 1999 . - xvii, 411 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm. ISBN : 978-0-385-49532-5 Langues : Anglais ( eng) | Catégories : | 652.809 Cryptography
| | Mots-clés : | The code book | | Index. décimale : | 652.809 | | Résumé : | "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."--Amazon |
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