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The Code Book The Evolution of Secrecy from Mary, Queen of Scots, to Quantum Cryptography

Hardcover • 1999 • English • 1. edition

The Code Book The Evolution of Secrecy from Mary, Queen of Scots, to Quantum Cryptography

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About the book

Codes have decided the fates of empires, countries, and monarchies throughout recorded history. Mary, Queen of Scots was put to death by her cousin, Queen Elizabeth, for the high crime of treason after spymaster Sir Francis Walsingham cracked the secret code she used to communicate with her conspirators. And thus the course of British history was altered by a few sheets of cryptic prose. This is just one link in humankind's evolutionary chain of secret communication, and just one of the fascinat...Show more

Book details

ISBN

9780385495318

Publisher

Doubleday

Published year

1999

Language

English

Edition

1

Original title

The Code Book The Evolution of Secrecy from Mary, Queen of Scots, to Quantum Cryptography

Format

Hardcover

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