About the Book

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 yo wonder how private that e-mail you just sent really is.

Product Details

Media: Paperback Book, 432 pages

Language: English

Publisher: Anchor Books (Aug. 31st, 2000)

ISBN-10: 0385495323

ISBN-13: 9780385495325

Dimensions: 5.27 x 7.95 x 0.91 inches

Shipping Weight: 0.87 lbs

• Categories: Linguistic Education General Military History History Science