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Author Kippenhahn, Rudolf, 1926-

Title Code breaking : a history and exploration / Rudolf Kippenhahn ; translated from the German, in collaboration with the author, by Ewald Osers.

Publication Info. Woodstock, N.Y. : Overlook Press, 1999.
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Location Call No. Status OPAC Message Public Note Gift Note
 Moore Stacks  Z103 .K5613 1999    Available  ---
Description 283 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 273-275) and index.
Contents Secret writing in war and peace -- Hidden messages and codebooks -- Codebooks in World War I -- He came, he saw, he encoded -- How a monalphabetic code is cracked -- Caesars in rank and file -- Keywords without end -- Shuffled texts -- From coding disk to enigma -- Enigma's secret is unveiled -- The arrival of the computer -- Encryption quite publicly -- Smart cards, one-way functions, and mousetraps.
Summary Offers both an exciting chronicle of cryptography as well as a lucid exploration of the constantly evolving art of coding and decoding languages.
Subject Cryptography.
Cryptography.
Cryptography -- History.
History.
Genre/Form History.
Added Title Verschlüsselte Botschaften. English https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n98092491
Other Form: Online version: Kippenhahn, Rudolf, 1926- Verschlüsselte Botschaften. English. Code breaking. Woodstock, N.Y. : Overlook Press, 1999 (OCoLC)624344542
ISBN 0879519193
9780879519193

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