'As gripping as a good thriller.'--The Washington PostUnpack the science of secrecy and discover the methods behind cryptography--the encoding and decoding of information--in this clear and easy-to-understand young adult adaptation of the national bestseller that's perfect for this age of WikiLeaks, the Sony hack, and other events that reveal the extent to which our technology is never quite as secure as we want to believe.Coders and codebreakers alike will be fascinated by history's most mesmerizing stories of intrigue and cunning--from Julius Caesar and his Caeser cipher to the Allies'use of the Enigma machine to decode German messages during World War II.Accessible, compelling, and timely, The Code Book is sure to make readers see the past--and the future--in a whole new way.'Singh's power of explaining complex ideas is as dazzling as ever.'--The Guardian

The Code Book for Young People: How to Make It, Break It, Hack It, Crack It

The code book : how to make it, break it, hack it, or crack it

Singh, Simon

Bantam Doubleday Dell Books for Young Readers

Delacorte Books for Young Readers

Random House, Incorporated

Ember

First Ember edition, New York, New York, 2001

New York, New York State, October 4, 2004

United States, United States of America

New York, USA, October 4, 2004

[Pbk ed.]., New York, 2002

Illustrated, 2003

1st, 2002-03-12

Includes bibliographical references (p. 255-259) and index.

Includes bibliographical references and index
THE CIPHER OF MARY QUEEN OF SCOTS -- The birth of cryptography, the substitution cipher and the invention of codebreaking by frequency analysis -- THE ANONYMOUS CODEBREAKER -- The Vigenere cipher, why cryptographers seldom get credit for their breakthroughs and a tale of buried treasure -- THE MECHANIZATION OF SECRECY -- The Zimmermann telegram, the Enigma machine and how cryptography changed the courses of World Wars I and II -- THE LANGUAGE BARRIER -- The impenetrability of unknown languages, the Navajo code talkers of World War II and the decipherment of Egyptian hieroglyphs -- ALICE AND BOB Go PUBLIC -- Modern cryptography, the solution to the so-called key-distribution problem and the secret history of nonsecret encryption -- PRETTY GOOD PRIVACY -- The politics of privacy, the future of cryptography and the quest for an uncrackable code
A history of codes and the methodologies for forming and breaking them, from ancient times to modern computers. It's known as the science of secrecy. Cryptography: the encoding and decoding of private information. And it is history's most fascinating story of intrigue and cunning. From Julius Caesar and his Caesar Cipher to the code used by Mary Queen of Scots and her conspiracy to the use of the Engima machine during the Second World War, Simon Singh follows the evolution of secret writing. Accessible, compelling, and timely, this international bestseller, now adapted for young people, is sure to make readers see the past-and the future-in a whole new way
Young Adult
Machine generated contents note: 1 THE CIPHER OF MARY QUEEN OF SCOTS 5 -- The birth of cryptography, the substitution cipher and -- the invention of codebreaking by frequency analysis --2 THE ANONYMOUS CODEBREAKER 51 -- The Vigenere cipher, why cryptographers seldom get credit -- for their breakthroughs and a tale of buried treasure --3 THE MECHANIZATION OF SECRECY 95 -- The Zimmermann telegram, the Enigma machine -- and how cryptography changed the courses of -- World Wars I and II --4 THE LANGUAGE BARRIER 152 -- The impenetrability of unknown languages, -- the Navajo code talkers of World War II -- and the decipherment of Egyptian hieroglyphs --5 ALICE AND BOB Go PUBLIC 180 -- Modern cryptography, the solution to the so-called -- key-distribution problem and the secret history -- of nonsecret encryption --6 PRETTY GOOD PRIVACY 221 -- The politics of privacy, the future of cryptography -- and the quest for an uncrackable code

Provides a review of cryptography, its evolution over time, and its purpose throughout history from the era of Julius Caesar to the modern day.

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