LEADER 02094oam 2200481 450 001 9910158645803321 005 20190911103516.0 010 $a1-5081-7313-3 035 $a(OCoLC)967983818 035 $a(MiFhGG)GVRL07YB 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000001010027 100 $a20160707h20172017 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurun|---uuuua 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aFamous cryptographers /$fJeri Freedman 205 $aFirst edition. 210 1$aNew York :$cRosen Publishing,$d2017. 210 4$d?2017 215 $a1 online resource (64 pages) $ccolor illustrations, portraits 225 1 $aCryptography : code making and code breaking 311 $a1-5081-7312-5 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aPolybius : Roman war correspondence -- Blaise de Vigene??re : the Vigene??re 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. 330 $aThis book tells the stories of individuals who have shaped cryptography. Readers will learn about Polybius and his cipher (the Polybius square), Julius Caesar and his secret military ciphers, diplomat Blaise de Vigen?ere and his polyalphabetic cipher, Anson Stager and Civil War cryptography, cryptanalyst Agnes Meyer Driscoll, codenamed Madame X, who decrypted radio codes for the US government, and more. 410 0$aCryptography: code making and code breaking. 606 $aCryptographers$vBiography 606 $aCryptography$xHistory 606 $aCiphers$xHistory 615 0$aCryptographers 615 0$aCryptography$xHistory. 615 0$aCiphers$xHistory. 676 $a652/.80922 676 $aB 700 $aFreedman$b Jeri$01244404 801 0$bMiFhGG 801 1$bMiFhGG 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910158645803321 996 $aFamous cryptographers$92887777 997 $aUNINA