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How to make it, break it, hack it, crack it. The secret history of codes and code breaking. Simon Singh's best-selling title The Code Book now re-issued for the young-adult market. The Science of Secrecy from Ancient Egypt to Quantum Cryptography. Sim
"As gripping as a good thriller." -- The Washington Post Unpack the science of secrecy and discover the methods behind cryptography--the encoding and decoding of information--in this clear and easy-to-understand young adult adaptation of the nat
I have a truly marvellous demonstration of this proposition which this margin is too narrow to contain. It was with these words, written in the 1630s, that Pierre de Fermat intrigued and infuriated the mathematics community. For over 350 years, proving Fe
The Science of Secrecy from Ancient Egypt to Quantum Cryptography From the best-selling author of Fermats Last Theorem, The Code Book is a history of mans urge to uncover the secrets of codes, from Egyptian puzzles to modern day computer encryptions. As i
From bestselling author of Fermat's Last Theorem , a must-have for number lovers and Simpsons fans 'An entertaining picture of the insanely high-minded nature of the Simpsons writers' Sunday Times ' A valuable, entertaining book that, abov
xn + yn = zn, where n represents 3, 4, 5, ...no solution "I have discovered a truly marvelous demonstration of this proposition which this margin is too narrow to contain." With these words, the seventeenth-century French mathematician Pierre de
In his first book since the bestselling Fermat's Enigma , Simon Singh offers the first sweeping history of encryption, tracing its evolution and revealing the dramatic effects codes have had on wars, nations, and individual lives. From Mary, Queen of