The Transistor and the Foundation of Modern Cryptography [Bell System Technical Journal] [Vol. 28]

First Edition. Hardcover. Includes: ? Shannon, "The Synthesis of Two-Terminal Switching Circuits" [not in OOC]. ? Shannon, "Communication Theory of Secrecy Systems" [not in OOC]. ? Bardeen & Brattain, "Physical Principles Involved in Transistor Action" [OOC 450]. ? Shockley, "The Theory of p-n Junctions in Semiconductors and p-n Junction Transistors" [not in OOC]. Vol 28 is best known for No. 3, entirely devoted to the semiconductor/transistor. It includes articles by John Bardeen, Walter Brattain and William Shockley (jointly awarded the 1956 Nobel Prize in Physics for work on the subject). Other issues includes Claude E. Shannon's 'The Synthesis of Two-Terminal Switching Circuits', and Bardeen and Brattain's 'Physical Principles Involved in Transistor Action'. However, it is worth noting that Shannon's "Communication Theory of Secrecy Systems", exploring cryptography as a function of information theory is monumental for modern crypto theory. It is "one of the foundation treatments (arguably THE foundational treatment) of modern cryptography. It is also a proof that all theoretically unbreakable ciphers must have the same requirements as the one-time pad [a secret random key used only once]" [Wikipedia] N.B. Shannon published an earlier iteration of this research in the classified report, "A Mathematical Theory of Cryptography (Memorandum MM 45-110-02, Bell Laboratory, 1945). [Shannon, Collected Papers, no. 25.40610]. Minimal shelf/edge wear, else tight, bright, and unmarred. Blue cloth boards, gilt lettering. 8vo. 753pp. Illus. (b/w plates).…