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_aSingh, Simon. _9248 |
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_aThe code book : _bthe science of secrecy from ancient Agypt to quantum cryptography / _cSimon Singh. |
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_aLondon : _bFourth Estate, _c2000. |
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_aCryptography. _9249 |
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_aCryptography _xHistory. _9250 |
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_aCiphers. _9251 |
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_aData encryption (Computer science) _9252 |
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_aConfidential communications. _9253 |
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520 | 8 | _aSimon Singh offers in this book a sweeping view of the subject of encryption as well as its more dramatic effects on the outcome of wars, monarchies, and individual lives. | |
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