TY  - BOOK
AU  - Singh,Simon
TI  - Code book: the science of secrecy from ancient egypt to quantum cryptography/ 
SN  - 9780385495325 (pbk. ): 
U1  - 652.809 23 rd
PY  - 1999///
CY  - New York
PB  - Anchor Books
KW  - Coding theory
KW  - Cryptography
KW  - Confidential communications
KW  - Biology
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index
N2  - In his first book since the bestselling Fermat's Enigma, Simon Singh offers the first sweeping history of encryption, tracing its evolution and revealing the dramatic effects codes have had on wars, nations, and individual lives. From Mary, Queen of Scots, trapped by her own code, to the Navajo Code Talkers who helped the Allies win World War II, to the incredible (and incredibly simple) logisitical breakthrough
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