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The Code Book: The Science of Secrecy from Ancient Egypt to Quantum Cryptography View Larger Image | Simon Singh
Anchor, Paperback, Published August 2000, 411 pages, ISBN 0385495323 | List Price: $15.95
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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
that made Internet commerce secure, The Code Book tells the story of
the most powerful intellectual weapon ever known: secrecy.
Throughout the text are clear technical and mathematical explanations, and portraits
of the remarkable personalities who wrote and broke the world's most difficult
codes. Accessible, compelling, and remarkably far-reaching, this book will forever
alter your view of history and what drives it. It will also make
you wonder how private that e-mail you just sent really is.
"It would be hard
to imagine a clearer or more fascinating presentation. . . . Mr. Singh gives
cryptography not only its historical dimension but its human one." --The
New York Times
"Entertaining and satisfying. . . . Offers a fascinating glimpse into the mostly
secret competition between codemakers and codebreakers." --USA
Today
"A good read that, bless it, makes the reader feel a bit smarter when it's done.
Singh's an elegant writer and well-suited to the task of leading the mathematically
perplexed through areas designed to be tricky." --Seattle
Weekly
"An absorbing tale of codemaking and codebreaking over the centuries." --Scientific
American
"Singh spins tales of cryptic intrigue in every chapter." --The Wall Street
Journal
"Brings together...the geniuses who have secured communications, saved lives,
and influenced the fate of nations. A pleasure to read." --Chicago Tribune
"Enthralling...commendably lucid...[Singh's] book provides a timely and entertaining
summary of the subject." --The Economist
About the Author
Simon Singh received
his Ph.D. in physics from Cambridge University. A former BBC producer, he directed
and co-produced an award-winning documentary film on Fermat's Last Theorem that
aired on PBS's Nova series and formed the basis of his bestselling book,
Fermat's Enigma. He lives in London.
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