num_pages: 402
description: Combining impeccable history and intriguing stories of espionage and intellectual breakthroughs, this riveting bestseller, by the author of the popular science classic Fermat's Last Theorem, brings to life the secret world of cryptographers and code-breakers from Ancient Egypt to the age of the internet.
language: English
title: The Code Book: The Secret History of Codes and Code-Breaking
titlecomplete: The Code Book: The Secret History of Codes and Code-Breaking
characters: Alan Turing, Julius Caesar (Roman emperor)
genres: Programming, Technology, Science, Computer Science, Computers, Nonfiction, Mathematics, History, Microhistory, Popular Science
ratings_count: 26423
awards: awardedAt: 978336000000
name: Corine Internationaler Buchpreis
category: Sachbuch
publisher: Fourth Estate