The Code Book Simon Singh

The Code Book Simon Singh. The code book by simon singh the code book by simon singh starts with the story of mary queen of scots who was assassinated because she failed to communicate her message using strong coding system (p. This is a book he has written on cryptography and makes for a very interesting read.

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. Amongst many extraordinary examples, simon singh relates in detail the story of mary, queen of scots, trapped by her own code and put to death by elizabeth i; Urge to discover secrets knowledge is power francis bacon 1597 ;

The science of secrecy from ancient egypt to quantum cryptography.

The strange history of the beale ciphers, describing the hidden location of a fortune in gold, buried somewhere in virginia in the nineteenth century and still not found; As in fermat's last theorem, simon singh brings life to an anstonishing story of puzzles, codes,. Another is about a message written on a shaved head. As it happened, fredrik was in london on september 11{18, 1999.