The Code Book: The Science of Secrecy from Ancient Egypt to Quantum Cryptography

The Code Book

The Science of Secrecy from Ancient Egypt to Quantum Cryptography

1996 • 434 pages

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About the history of encryption, with sometimes quite technical explanations offset by some memorable stories, like how the US used Navajos to communicate on the battlefield, in lieu of an unbreakable code.

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