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The Code Book
Simon Singh
The Science of Secrecy From Ancient Egypt to Quantum Cryptography
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◷ 20 Minutes
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The Code Book (1999) lays out the long and intriguing history of secret communication. These abstracts will take you on a journey from Ancient Greece to the modern-day NSA, detailing innumerable stories of cunning, determination and deceit along the way.
About the author
Simon Singh holds a PhD in physics from Cambridge University. He wrote the bestselling book Fermat’s Enigma and directed the award-winning documentary, Fermat’s Last Theorem.
Who might enjoy this content?
- Anyone interested in codes, secrets and world history
- People with a taste for stories of wartime espionage
- Any linguist and mathematician
