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 gives cryptography not only its historical dimension but its human one.' - The New York Times 'Entertaining and satisfying. book provides a timely and entertaining summary of the subject.' -The Economist, 'It would be hard to imagine a clearer or more fascinating presentation. A pleasure to read.' -Chicago Tribune 'mendably lucid.

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. 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 gives cryptography not only its historical dimension but its human one.' -The New York Times 'Entertaining and satisfying. In addition to stories of intrigue and warfare, Simon Singh also investigates other codes, the unravelling of genes and the rediscovery of ancient languages and most tantalisingly, the Beale ciphers, an unbroken code that could hold the key to a $20 million treasure.'It would be hard to imagine a clearer or more fascinating presentation. The betrayal of Mary Queen of Scots and the cracking of the enigma code that helped the Allies in World War II are major episodes in a continuing history of cryptography. Codes have influenced events throughout history, both in the stories of those who make them and those who break them.

As in Fermat’s Last Theorem, Simon Singh brings life to an anstonishing story of puzzles, codes, languages and riddles that reveals man’s continual pursuit to disguise and uncover, and to work out the secret languages.

The Science of Secrecy from Ancient Egypt to Quantum Cryptography From the best-selling author of Fermat’s Last Theorem, The Code Book is a history of man’s urge to uncover the secrets of codes, from Egyptian puzzles to modern day computer encryptions. The Science of Secrecy from Ancient Egypt to Quantum Cryptography From the best-selling author of Fermat's Last Theorem, The Code Book is a history of man's urge to uncover the secrets of codes, from Egyptian puzzles to modern day computer encryptions.

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