Codebreaker: The History of Secret Communication
- ISBN-10
- 0802715478
- ISBN-13
- 9780802715470
- Category
- Computers
- Pages
- 176
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2006-10-03
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing USA
- Author
- Stephen Pincock
Description
A four-thousand-year history of cryptography ranges from the time of the ancient Egyptian pharaohs to the present, explaining encryption's development and evolution, looking at famous codes, and offering clues for code-breaking.
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- 2018-10-12
- 256 pages
- Ebook
- Gill & Macmillan Ltd
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