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Autore |
Freedman Jeri |
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Titolo |
Famous cryptographers / / Jeri Freedman |
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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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Cryptographers |
Cryptography - History |
Ciphers - History |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
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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Polybius : Roman war correspondence -- Blaise de Vigenè̀re : the Vigenè̀re cipher -- Anson Stager : Civil War cryptography -- Agnes Meyer Driscoll, aka Madame X -- Elizabeth Friedman : gangsters and spies -- Alan Turing : solving Enigma -- Whitfield Diffie and Martin Hellman : public-key cryptography. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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This book tells the stories of individuals who have shaped cryptography. Readers will learn about Polybius and his cipher (the Polybius square), Julius Caesar and his secret military ciphers, diplomat Blaise de Vigen�ere and his polyalphabetic cipher, Anson Stager and Civil War cryptography, cryptanalyst Agnes Meyer Driscoll, codenamed Madame X, who decrypted radio codes for the US government, and more. |
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