Published 1999. “[ ] One-way functions are sometimes called Humpty Dumpty functions. Modular arithmetic, sometimes called clock arithmetic in schools, is an area of mathematics that is rich in one-way functions. In modular arithmetic, mathematicians consider a finite group of numbers arranged i...
Thoroughly enjoyed this book. Absolutely fascinating. I recommend this to any of my friends on the geeky end as it has lots of juicy technical bits. That said, don't be scared off by that as one could skim those bits and still really enjoy the historical aspects.
I was fascinated with codes and ciphers when I was a kid. I even had a "junior spy code kit" with a bunch of cool stuff and I could send little notes to friends with secret messages like "Mr. Nutzenjammer is a dork" and "Cindy eats her boogers" and we would all congratulate ourselves with our clever...
This is not something I would have picked up had my boyfriend not loved it. It's a very readable trip through the history of code making and code breaking from the world of ancient Greece, up to speculation about what the next breakthroughs might be.He really enjoyed attempting to break the codes at...
Interesting in parts but I didn't love it. I was hoping it would mostly be historical anecdotes about important codes and how they were (or weren't) broken and how that affected history. There was SOME of that, and it was always really good. But then he often gets really deep into the weeds about ho...
I first bought this book as a hardback, and now have an ebook. version too.It is a great read with easy to understand explanations of complicated issues such as Diffi-Helman key exchange without you having to be a maths genious.I find I dip into it frequently.
This is an interesting read. Singh follows the history of cryptography since roman times till today. He build the construction well, a reader can find there characters development, technical and historical details. He also explains some interesting facts from contemporary history, e.g. concerning Ge...
I remember being very much at awe, reading about Fermat's Last Theorem (same author), but this book really didn't tell me anything new, except for some historical gossip on important figures in the history of cryptography. Probably, having a degree in mathematics and computer science doesn't help in...
Thoroughly enjoyed this book. Absolutely fascinating. I recommend this to any of my friends on the geeky end as it has lots of juicy technical bits. That said, don't be scared off by that as one could skim those bits and still really enjoy the historical aspects.
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