The Code Book
Singh, Simon
Sold by The Deva Bookshop, Holt, United Kingdom
AbeBooks Seller since September 22, 2023
Used - Hardcover
Condition: Used - Near fine
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Add to basketSold by The Deva Bookshop, Holt, United Kingdom
AbeBooks Seller since September 22, 2023
Condition: Used - Near fine
Quantity: 1 available
Add to basket1999, 1st Edition 1st impression. Near Fine book in Near Fine dustjacket. Book has a small neat owner's name sticker inside front board, and neatly handwritten purchase date, else fine. No other inscriptions or markings, book is unread. DJ is not price clipped (16.99), has very light edgewear. Book has a few loose items laid in, contemporary newspaper articles, from the previous owner, a physics scholar.
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Confronted with the prospect of defeat, the Allied cryptanalysts had worked night and day to penetrate German ciphers. It would appear that fear was the main driving force, and that adversity is one of the foundations of successful codebreaking.
In the information age, the fear that drives cryptographic improvements is both capitalistic and libertarian--corporations need encryption to ensure that their secrets don't fall into the hands of competitors and regulators, and ordinary people need encryption to keep their everyday communications private in a free society. Similarly, the battles for greater decryption power come from said competitors and governments wary of insurrection. The Code Book is an excellent primer for those wishing to understand how the human need for privacy has manifested itself through cryptography. Singh's accessible style and clear explanations of complex algorithms cut through the arcane mathematical details without oversimplifying. Can't get enough crypto? Try solving the Cipher Challenge in the back of the book--$15,000 goes to the first person to crack the code! --Therese Littleton
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