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Record Nr.

UNINA9910158637003321

Autore

Meyer Susan <1986->

Titolo

The history of cryptography / / Susan Meyer

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Rosen Publishing, , 2017

�2017

ISBN

1-5081-7305-2

Edizione

[First edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (64 pages) : color illustrations, portraits

Collana

Cryptography : code making and code breaking

Disciplina

652/.809

Soggetti

Cryptography - History

Ciphers - History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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.

Sommario/riassunto

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.