Cover of The Code Book

The Code Book

The Science of Secrecy from Ancient Egypt to Quantum Cryptography

by Simon Singh

1999 402 pages eng ★ 4.1 (43 ratings)

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 Co…

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