Code Book Science Secrecy Ancient by Singh Simon (108 results)

Condition: good. Gently used with minimal wear on the corners and cover. A few pages may contain light highlighting or writing, but the text remains fully legible. Dust jacket may be missing, and supplemental materials like CDs or codes may not be included. May be ex-library with library markings. Ships promptly!

Paperback. Condition: Good. From the bestselling author of Fermats Last Theorem, The Code Book is an enthralling history of codes and code-breaking from Egyptian puzzles to modern-day computer encryptions. Since humans began writing, they have been writing in code. This quest for secrecy has often changed the course of history. In The Code Book, Simon Singh offers a sweeping view of the subject of encryption as well as its more dramatic effects on the outcome of wars, monarchies and individual lives. Included in this fascinating book is the story of Mary Queen of Scots, trapped by her own code and put to death by Queen Elizabeth. Also recounted is the history of the Beale Ciphers, created in the early 19th-century to obscure the location of a treasure in gold, buried somewhere in Virginia. Singh also traces the monumental improvements in code-making and -breaking brought on by World Wars I and II, the outcomes of which could have been very different without the brilliance of the Allied code breakers. Now, in the Information Age, the possibility of a truly unbreakable code looms large and cryptography has become one of the major debates of our times. Simon Singh investigates the challenges to personal privacy that technology and the ways we communicate today have upon everyday lives. Dramatic, compelling, and remarkably far reaching, this is a book that will forever alter your view of history, what drives it, and how private that email you just sent really is. The book has been read but remains in clean condition. All pages are intact and the cover is intact. Some minor wear to the spine.

Condition: Very Good. Used book that is in excellent condition. May show signs of wear or have minor defects.

Trade Paperback. Condition: Good. 9780385495325 Pages are clean, tight and bright.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 402 pages.

hardcover. Condition: very good(+). Dust Jacket Condition: very good. Black and white illustrations. 402 pages. 8vo, 1/2 black cloth, d.w. (edgeworn) New York: Doubleday, (1999). A very good(+) copy-- small damp stain at fore-edge of text block-- in a very good dust wrapper.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. illustrated, fine in dust jacket; 402 pages including index.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Type: Book N.B. Very light creasing to edges of D/J. (MATHEMATICS).

Or.bds. Dustjacket. 402pp. b/w ills. Very good copy. 1st ed. Traces the development of codes and code-breaking from military espionage in Ancient Greece to modern computer ciphers.

First edition. 8vo. [xiii], 402 pp. Hardcover binding in unclipped dustwrapper, very good condition. (101898). Data encription - Cryptology (Computer science) History.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition. 1st edition. Black cloth boards, silver lettering to spine under illustrated dustwrapper. 9.5ins x 6.25ins, xiii, (i), 402pp. 76 figures and 27 tables within the text. Previous owners name and address sticker to front free endpaper. VG / VG.

Couverture rigide. Condition: bon. RO60106258: 1999. In-8. Relié. Etat d'usage, Couv. convenable, Dos satisfaisant, Intérieur acceptable. 402 pages. Illustré de nombreux schémas et de nombreuses photos et reproductions diverses en noir et blanc dans le texte. Dédicace manuscrite de l'auteur en page de titre. Tranche tachée. Avec Jaquette. . . Classification Dewey : 97.2-Dédicace, envoi.

reprint dust jacket Fine octavo xiii + 402pp., b/w pls., maps, appends., bibliog., index, Fascinating account of cryptology & code-breaking through history.