The Codebreakers: The Comprehensive History of Secret Communication from Ancient Times to the Internet
The Codebreakers: The Comprehensive History of Secret Communication from Ancient Times to the Internet
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Book Summary
The magnificent, unrivaled history of codes and ciphers--how they're made, how they're broken, and the many and fascinating roles they've played since the dawn of civilization in war, business, diplomacy, and espionage--updated with a new chapter on computer cryptography and the Ultra secret. Man has created codes to keep secrets and has broken codes to learn those secrets since the time of the Pharaohs. For 4,000 years, fierce battles have been waged between codemakers and codebreakers, and the story of these battles is civilization's secret history, the hidden account of how wars were won and lost, diplomatic intrigues foiled, business secrets stolen, governments ruined, computers hacked. From
ISBN-13
9780684831305
Language
English
Binding
Hard Bound
Publisher
Scribner Book Company
Publishing Date
1996-12-05
Product Edition
Rev Sub
Total Pages
1200

The Codebreakers: The Comprehensive History of Secret Communication from Ancient Times to the Internet

by David A. Kahn (Author),
fictionfantasyyoung adultaward winning
Product Specifications
Book Summary
The magnificent, unrivaled history of codes and ciphers--how they're made, how they're broken, and the many and fascinating roles they've played since the dawn of civilization in war, business, diplomacy, and espionage--updated with a new chapter on computer cryptography and the Ultra secret. Man has created codes to keep secrets and has broken codes to learn those secrets since the time of the Pharaohs. For 4,000 years, fierce battles have been waged between codemakers and codebreakers, and the story of these battles is civilization's secret history, the hidden account of how wars were won and lost, diplomatic intrigues foiled, business secrets stolen, governments ruined, computers hacked. From
Book Specifications
ISBN-13
9780684831305
Language
English
Binding
Hard Bound
Publisher
Scribner Book Company
Publishing Date
1996-12-05
Product Edition
Rev Sub
Total Pages
1200