Code Breaking: A History and Exploration - Couverture rigide

Kippenhahn, Rudolf

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0094798907 ISBN 13 : 9780094798908

Editeur : Constable, 1999

Synopsis

Code breaking has always played a key role in espionage. Now, with the advent of electronic banking and wide-spread concerns about personal privacy, the issues surrounding the coding and decoding of information are more important than ever before'

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

The achievements of cryptography, the art of writing and deciphering coded messages, have become a part of everyday life, especially in our age of electronic banking and the Internet. In Code Breaking , Rudolf Kippenhahn offers readers both an exciting chronicle of cryptography and a lively exploration of the cryptographer’s craft. Rich with vivid anecdotes from a history of coding and decoding and featuring three new chapters, this revised and expanded edition makes the often abstruse art of deciphering coded messages accessible to the general reader and reveals the relevance of codes to our everyday high-tech society. A stylishly written, meticulously researched adventure, Code Breaking explores the ways in which communication can be obscured and, like magic, made clear again.

Revue de presse

"A breezy survey of codes, ranging from the betrayal of Mary, Queen of Scots... to the nature of credit card security." — –The New York Times

"This fascinating history of cryptology offers many remarkable stories." — –Christian Science Monitor

"Fascinating, clever, and informative... A thoroughly satisfyingbook!" — –Choice

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Constable
• Date d'édition: 1999
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0094798907
• ISBN 13: 9780094798908
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 328
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible