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Autore |
Meyer Susan <1986-> |
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Titolo |
The history of cryptography / / Susan Meyer |
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New York : , : Rosen Publishing, , 2017 |
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�2017 |
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Edizione |
[First edition.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (64 pages) : color illustrations, portraits |
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Collana |
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Cryptography : code making and code breaking |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Cryptography - History |
Ciphers - History |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Shifty Caesar and other codes from the classical age -- Code making and breaking from the Middle Ages to the Renaissance -- Solving the unsolvable : the Vigenere cipher -- America takes on cryptography -- The world at war -- Decryption in the digital age. |
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From Julius Caesar to the modern cryptography of computers, readers will learn about the stories and examples of how some of the greatest minds of history have figured out how to make and break codes. |
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