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Последний раз отредактировано Drini 30 января 2024 г. | История Издание The Code Book: The Science of Secrecy from Ancient Egypt to Quantum Cryptography (1999)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.
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"On the morning of Saturday, October 15, 1586, Queen Mary entered the crowded courtroom at Fotheringhay Castle."
Introduction Page xiiiChapter 1. The Cipher of Mary Queen of Scots Page 1 Chapter 2. Le Chiffre Indechiffrable Page 45 Chapter 3. The Mechanization of Secrecy Page 101 Chapter 4. Cracking the Enigma Page 143 Chapter 5. The Language Barrier Page 191 Chapter 6. Alice and Bob Go Public Page 243 Chapter 7. Pretty Good Privacy Page 293 Chapter 8. A Quantum Leap into the Future Page 317 The Cipher Challenge Page 351 Appendices Page 367 Appendix A. The Opening Paragraph of _A Void_ by Georges Perec, translated by Gilbert Adair Page 369 Appendix B. Some Elementary Tips for Frequency Analysis Page 371 Appendix C. The So-Called Bible Code Page 373 Appendix D. The Pigpen Cipher Page 375 Appendix E. The Playfair Cipher Page 377 Appendix F. The ADFGVX Cipher Page 379 Appendix G. The Weakness of Recycling a Onetime Pad Page 381 Appendix H. The _Daily Telegraph_ Crossword Solution Page 383 Appendix I. Exercises for the Interested Reader Page 385 Appendix J. The Mathematics of RSA Page 387 Glossary Page 391 Acknowledgements Page 395 Further Reading Page 397 Index Page 403
Больше ▾ Меньше ▲Open Library OL7440495M Internet Archive codebook00simo ISBN 10 0385495323 ISBN 13 9780385495325 OCLC/WorldCat 45010734, 45273863 Library Thing 8340 Goodreads 17994
On the morning of Saturday, October 15, 1586, Queen Mary entered the crowded courtroom at Fotheringhay Castle.
