000 00897nam a2200217 a 4500
020 _a9781857028898 (pbk.) :
_c7.99
100 1 _aSingh, Simon.
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245 1 4 _aThe code book :
_bthe science of secrecy from ancient Agypt to quantum cryptography /
_cSimon Singh.
260 _aLondon :
_bFourth Estate,
_c2000.
300 _axiii, 402p. :
_bill., facsims., ports. ;
650 0 _aCryptography.
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650 0 _aCryptography
_xHistory.
_9250
650 0 _aCiphers.
_9251
650 0 _aData encryption (Computer science)
_9252
650 0 _aConfidential communications.
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008 000531r20021999enkahc b 001 0 eng d
082 0 4 _a652.8
300 _c20 cm.
500 _aOriginally published: 1999.
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.
999 _c3622
_d3622