1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910457172103321

Autore

Matthews J. H

Titolo

André Breton [[electronic resource] ] : sketch for an early portrait / / J.H. Matthews

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia, : J. Benjamins, 1986

ISBN

1-283-35895-6

9786613358950

90-272-7922-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (188 p.)

Collana

Purdue University monographs in Romance languages, , 0165-8743 ; ; v. 22

Disciplina

841/.912

Soggetti

Surrealism - France

Arts, French - 20th century

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di bibliografia

Bibliography: p. 157-169.

Nota di contenuto

ANDRÉ BRETON Sketch for an Early Portrait; Editorial page; Title page; Copyright page; Table of contents; Preface; 1. Introduction; 2. Francis Picabia; 3. Guillaume Apollinaire; 4. Jacques Vaché; 5. Marcel Duchamp; 6. Sigmund Freud; 7. Antonin Artaud; 8. Pablo Picasso; 9. Conclusion; Notes; Index



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910158645803321

Autore

Freedman Jeri

Titolo

Famous cryptographers / / Jeri Freedman

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Rosen Publishing, , 2017

�2017

ISBN

1-5081-7313-3

Edizione

[First edition.]

Descrizione fisica

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

Collana

Cryptography : code making and code breaking

Disciplina

652/.80922

B

Soggetti

Cryptographers

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

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.

Sommario/riassunto

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.