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The Code Book
by Simon Singh
The history of secrecy: Mary Queen of Scots, Enigma, public-key, quantum cryptography, with ciphers to crack. Gripping and educational.
Read it if…
you want codes from Caesar to quantum.
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Skip it if…
you want current cybersecurity.
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Three things you will actually use
- Codes shape history.
- Codebreakers win wars.
- Try the cipher challenge.
Do this first
Read the Enigma chapters.
Our verdict
Singh's codes.
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