The Code Book
Subtitle: The Science of Secrecy from Ancient Egypt to Quantum Cryptography
Publisher: Anchor; Anchor Books, a division of Random House, Inc.
Published: August 29, 2000
Language: eng
Number of pages: 432
ISBN-13: 9780385495325
First sentence: On the morning of Saturday, October 15, 1586, Queen Mary entered the crowded courtroom at Fotheringhay Castle.
Table of contents: title: Introduction
pagenum: xiii; label: 1
title: The Cipher of Mary Queen of Scots
pagenum: 1; label: 2
title: Le Chiffre Indéchiffrable
pagenum: 45; label: 3
title: The Mechanization 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: 391; title: Acknowledgments
pagenum: 395; title: Further Reading
pagenum: 397; title: Index
pagenum: 403; title: Picture Credits
pagenum: 411