The code book
Subtitle: the science of secrecy from ancient Egypt to quantum cryptography
By: Simon Singh.
Publisher: Fourth Estate
Published: 1999
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 402
Subjects: Ciphers; Cryptography; Cryptography -- History; Confidential communications; Data encryption (Computer science)
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and (p. 388-393) index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction
pagenum: ix; label: 1
title: The Cipher of Mary Queen of Scots
pagenum: 1; label: 2
title: Le Chiffre Indéchiffrable
pagenum: 45; label: 3
title: The Mechanisation of Secrecy
pagenum: 101; label: 4
title: Cracking the Enigma
pagenum: 143; label: 5
title: The Language Barrier
pagenum: 191; label: 6
title: Alice and Bob Go Public
pagenum: 243; label: 7
title: Pretty Good Privacy
pagenum: 293; label: 8
title: A Quantum Leap into the Future
pagenum: 317; title: The Cipher Challenge
pagenum: 351; title: Appendices
pagenum: 367; title: Glossary
pagenum: 382; title: Acknowledgements
pagenum: 386; title: Further Reading
pagenum: 388; title: Picture Credits
pagenum: 394; title: Index
pagenum: 395