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Codebreaker

the history of codes and ciphers, from the ancient pharaohs to quantum cryptography

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An edition of Codebreaker (2006)

Codebreaker

the history of codes and ciphers, from the ancient pharaohs to quantum cryptography

1st U.S. ed

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A four-thousand-year history of cryptography ranges from the time of the ancient Egyptian pharaohs to the present, explaining encryption's development and evolution, looking at famous codes, and offering clues for code-breaking.

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Publisher
Walker
Language
English
Pages
176

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Subjects

Ciphers, Cryptography, History
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Codebreaker: the history of secret communication
2010, Elwin Street
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Codebreaker: the history of secret communication
2007, Random House
in English
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Codebreaker: the history of codes and ciphers, from the ancient pharaohs to quantum cryptography
2006, Walker
in English - 1st U.S. ed
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Codebreaker: The History of Codes and Ciphers
October 3, 2006, Walker & Company
Hardcover in English

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Table of Contents

1. Originality
Unbroken codes : the Phaistos disk
Cultural codes : holy codes
Cultural codes : codes of the Kama Sutra
2. Ingenuity
Cultural codes : Rosslyn's secrets : hidden meaning in architecture and music
Unbroken codes : the most mysterious book : the Voynich manuscript
Unbroken codes : the man in the iron mask
3. Wit
Specific codes : the ingenious professor Babbage
Specific codes : the Playfair cipher
Unbroken codes : hidden treasure, hidden meaning, the Beale papers
Unbroken codes : the Dorabella cipher, Elgar's other enigma
4. Perseverance
Specific codes : the enigma machine
Specific codes : invisible ink and other tools of the spying trade
Specific codes : purple and Pearl Harbor
5. Speed
Unbroken codes : the Zodiac killer
Specific codes : cracking Poe's Graham magazine cipher
Cultural codes : codes in fiction
6. Vision
Specific codes : the cat came back
Specific codes : quantum cryptography, being in two places at once
Specific codes : quantum cryptography in a box of chocolates
Appendix. Code challenge
Glossary.

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (p. 176) and index.

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New York
Other Titles
History of codes and ciphers

Classifications

Library of Congress
Z104 .P56 2006

The Physical Object

Pagination
176 p. :
Number of pages
176

Edition Identifiers

Open Library
OL22670827M
ISBN 10
0802715478
ISBN 13
9780802715470
LCCN
2007310362
OCLC/WorldCat
72056763
LibraryThing
2187044
Goodreads
29607

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Work ID
OL8255001W

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