The Code Book：The Science of Secrecy from Ancient Egypt to Quantum Cryptography

作者: Simon Singh 著

出版社: Random House US

出版时间: 2000-08

版次: 1

ISBN: 9780385495325

定价: 127.00

装帧: 平装

开本: 32开

纸张: 胶版纸

页数: 432页

正文语种: 英语

分类: 外文古旧书>英文书>工程技术

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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 Code Talkers who helped the Allies win World War II, to the incredible (and incredibly simple) logisitical breakthrough that made Internet commerce secure, The Code Book tells the story of the most powerful intellectual weapon ever known: secrecy.

Throughout the text are clear technical and mathematical explanations, and portraits of the remarkable personalities who wrote and broke the world's most difficult codes. Accessible, compelling, and remarkably far-reaching, this book will forever alter your view of history and what drives it. It will also make yo wonder how private that e-mail you just sent really is. Simon Singh received his Ph.D. in physics from Cambridge University. A former BBC producer, he directed and co-produced an award-winning documentary film on Fermat's Last Theorem that aired on PBS's Nova series and formed the basis of his bestselling book, Fermat's Enigma. He lives in London. Introduction

1 The Cipher of Mary Qeen of Scots

2 Le Chiffre Ind&hiffrable

3 The Mechanization of Secrecy

4 Cracking the Enigma

5 The Language Barrier

6 Alice and Bob Go Public

7 Pretty Good Privacy

8 A Qantum Leap into the Future

The Cipher Challenge

Appendices

Glossary

Acknowledgments

Further Reading

Index

Picture Credits
内容简介:
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 Code Talkers who helped the Allies win World War II, to the incredible (and incredibly simple) logisitical breakthrough that made Internet commerce secure, The Code Book tells the story of the most powerful intellectual weapon ever known: secrecy.

Throughout the text are clear technical and mathematical explanations, and portraits of the remarkable personalities who wrote and broke the world's most difficult codes. Accessible, compelling, and remarkably far-reaching, this book will forever alter your view of history and what drives it. It will also make yo wonder how private that e-mail you just sent really is.
作者简介:
Simon Singh received his Ph.D. in physics from Cambridge University. A former BBC producer, he directed and co-produced an award-winning documentary film on Fermat's Last Theorem that aired on PBS's Nova series and formed the basis of his bestselling book, Fermat's Enigma. He lives in London.
目录:
Introduction

1 The Cipher of Mary Qeen of Scots

2 Le Chiffre Ind&hiffrable

3 The Mechanization of Secrecy

4 Cracking the Enigma

5 The Language Barrier

6 Alice and Bob Go Public

7 Pretty Good Privacy

8 A Qantum Leap into the Future

The Cipher Challenge

Appendices

Glossary

Acknowledgments

Further Reading

Index

Picture Credits