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.
This edition does not include illustrations.The Science of Secrecy from Ancient Egypt to Quantum CryptographyFrom 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.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 of others.Codes have influenced events throughout history, both in the stories of those who make them and those who break them. 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. 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’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.
Amazon.com Review Calling upon accounts of political intrigue and tales of life and death, author Simon Singh tells history's most fascinating story of deception and cunning: the science of cryptography--the encoding and decoding of private information. Based on The Code Book: The Science of Secrecy from Ancient Egypt to Quantum Cryptography , this version has been abridged and slightly simplified for a younger audience. None of the appeal for curious problem-solving minds has been lost, though. From Julius Caesar to the 10th-century Arabs; from Mary Queen of Scots to "Alice and Bob"; from the Germans' Enigma machine to the Navajo code talkers in World War II, Singh traces the use of code to protect--and betray--secrecy. Moving right into the present, he describes how the Information Age has provided a whole new set of challenges for cryptographers. How private are your e-mail communications? How secure is sending your credit card information over the Internet? And how much secrecy will the government tolerate? Complex but highly accessible, The Code Book will make readers see the past--and the future--in a whole new light. (Ages 14 and older)
From Publishers Weekly Simon Singh breaks down cryptic messages for the teenage set in The Code Book: How to Make It, Break It, Hack It, Crack It, an adaptation of his bestselling adult title The Code Book: The Science of Secrecy from Ancient Egypt to Quantum Cryptology. He covers actual instances of codebreaking, from its role in the plan to execute Mary, Queen of Scots, to the Navajo code talkers of WWII.

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The code book : the evolution of secrecy from Mary, Queen of Scots, to quantum cryptography

The Code Book : The Science of Secrecy From Ancient Egypt to Quantum Cryptography

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1. (p1) Introduction
2. (p2) 1 The Cipher of Mary Queen of Scots
3. (p3) 2 Le Chiffre Indéchiffrable
4. (p4) 3 The Mechanization of Secrecy
5. (p5) 4 Cracking the Enigma
6. (p6) 5 The Language Barrier
7. (p7) 6 Alice and Bob Go Public
8. (p8) 7 Pretty Good Privacy
9. (p9) 8 A Quantum Leap into the Future
10. (p10) The Cipher Challenge
11. (p11) Appendices
12. (p12) Glossary
13. (p13) Acknowledgments
14. (p14) Further Reading
15. (p15) Index
16. (p16) Picture Credits

Cover......Page 1
The Code Book - HOW TO MAKE IT, BREAK IT, HACK IT, CRACK IT......Page 4
Copyright - ISBN: 0385730624......Page 5
CONTENTS......Page 8
INTRODUCTION......Page 10
1. The Cipher of Mary Queen of Scots: The birth of cryptography, the substitution cipher and the invention of codebreaking by frequency analysis......Page 14
2. The Anonymous Codebreaker: The Vigenère cipher, why cryptographers seldom get credit for their breakthroughs and a tale of buried treasure......Page 60
3. The Mechanization of Secrecy: The Zimmermann telegram, the Enigma machine and how cryptography changed the courses of World Wars I and II......Page 104
4. The Language Barrier: The impenetrability of unknown languages, the Navajo code talkers of World War II and the decipherment of Egyptian hieroglyphs......Page 161
5. Alice and Bob Go Public: Modern cryptography, the solution to the so-called key-distribution problem and the secret history of nonsecret encryption......Page 189
6. Pretty Good Privacy: The politics of privacy, the future of cryptography and the quest for an uncrackable code......Page 230
THE CODEBREAKER’S CHALLENGE......Page 252
APPENDIX A: The Opening of A Void by Georges Perec translated by Gilbert Adair......Page 254
APPENDIX B: Some Elementary Tips for Frequency Analysis......Page 255
Appendix C: The So-Called Bible Code......Page 257
APPENDIX D: The Pigpen Cipher......Page 258
APPENDIX E: The Mathematics of RSA......Page 259
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS......Page 262
FURTHER READING......Page 264
PICTURE CREDITS......Page 269
INDEX......Page 270

Cover 1
The Code Book - HOW TO MAKE IT, BREAK IT, HACK IT, CRACK IT 4
Copyright - ISBN: 0385730624 5
CONTENTS 8
INTRODUCTION 10
1. The Cipher of Mary Queen of Scots: The birth of cryptography, the substitution cipher and the invention of codebreaking by frequency analysis 14
2. The Anonymous Codebreaker: The Vigenère cipher, why cryptographers seldom get credit for their breakthroughs and a tale of buried treasure 60
3. The Mechanization of Secrecy: The Zimmermann telegram, the Enigma machine and how cryptography changed the courses of World Wars I and II 104
4. The Language Barrier: The impenetrability of unknown languages, the Navajo code talkers of World War II and the decipherment of Egyptian hieroglyphs 161
5. Alice and Bob Go Public: Modern cryptography, the solution to the so-called key-distribution problem and the secret history of nonsecret encryption 189
6. Pretty Good Privacy: The politics of privacy, the future of cryptography and the quest for an uncrackable code 230
THE CODEBREAKER’S CHALLENGE 252
APPENDIX A: The Opening of A Void by Georges Perec translated by Gilbert Adair 254
APPENDIX B: Some Elementary Tips for Frequency Analysis 255
Appendix C: The So-Called Bible Code 257
APPENDIX D: The Pigpen Cipher 258
APPENDIX E: The Mathematics of RSA 259
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 262
FURTHER READING 264
PICTURE CREDITS 269
INDEX 270
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In his first book since the bestselling <b>Fermat's Enigma</b>, 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, <b>The Code Book</b> tells the story of the most powerful intellectual weapon ever known: secrecy.
<p>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.&nbsp;&nbsp;It will also make yo wonder how private that e-mail you just sent really is.</p>

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.

"As gripping as a good thriller." -- The Washington Post Unpack 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

Introduction
The Cipher of Mary Queen of Scots
Le Chiffre Indechiffrable
The Mechanization of Secrecy
Cracking the Enigma
The Language Barrier
Alice and Bob Go Public
Pretty Good Privacy
A Quantum Leap into the Future
The Cipher Challenge
Appendices
The Opening Paragraph of _A Void_ by Georges Perec, translated by Gilbert Adair
Some Elementary Tips for Frequency Analysis
The So-Called Bible Code
The Pigpen Cipher
The Playfair Cipher
The ADFGVX Cipher
The Weakness of Recycling a Onetime Pad
The _Daily Telegraph_ Crossword Solution
Exercises for the Interested Reader
The Mathematics of RSA
Glossary
Acknowledgements
Further Reading
Index

On the morning of Saturday, October 15, 1586, Queen Mary entered the crowded courtroom at Fotheringhay Castle.

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