The Science of Secrecy from Ancient Egypt to Quantum Cryptography
by Simon Singh
Recommended by Linda Xie and Stephen Kinsella
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Recommended by 2 sources and appears in Cryptography, Math, and Science.
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, t...
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Recommended by 2 sources and appears in Cryptography, Math, and Science.
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Consider Countdown to Zero Day by Kim Zetter. Recommended by 1 sources.
“Kim Zetter reconstructs the discovery and aftermath of a targeted computer worm, threading narrative reporting with technical forensics to show how code produced physical sabotage. The book’s strongest asset is step-by-step investigative reporting that makes complex methods intelligible; it gives a clear sense of how digital intrusions become geopolitical tools. Limiting features: prolonged technical passages and many procedural detours slow the narrative, and readers looking for abstract moralizing or prescriptive policy prescriptions will find the book more descriptive than normative.”
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