The Codebreakers. The Comprehensive History of Secret Communication from Ancient Times to the Internet.

Kahn, David

ISBN 10: 0684831309 / ISBN 13: 9780684831305

Editore: Scribner, New York, 1996. Revised and updated. xviii, 1181pp. With photographs and illustrations in black and white., 1996

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• Titolo: The Codebreakers. The Comprehensive History of Secret Communication from Ancient Times to the Internet.
• Editore: Scribner, New York, 1996. Revised and updated. xviii, 1181pp. With photographs and illustrations in black and white.
• Data di pubblicazione: 1996
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0684831309
• ISBN 13: 9780684831305
• Rilegatura: Rilegato
• Condizione della sovraccoperta: sovraccoperta

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Riassunto

An updated and revised history of codes offers new information on techniques used to break machine and computer ciphers, as well as the speculation of scientists on how messages from outer space might be solved and a study of the use of codes during the Vietnam War.

Informazioni sull?autore

David Kahn, a recently visiting historian at the National Security Agency, is the world's leading expert on the history of cryptology, and the author of Hitler's Spies, Seizing the Enigma, and Kahn on Codes, as well as articles in numerous popular and technical journals. He holds a Ph.D. in Modern History from Oxford. An editor at Newsday, he lives in Great Neck, New York.