Simon Singh: The Code Book (Paperback, 2000, Fourth Estate Limited)
Paperback
English language
Published 2000 by Fourth Estate Limited.
The Code Book: The Science of Secrecy from Ancient Egypt to Quantum Cryptography is a book by Simon Singh, published in 1999 by Fourth Estate and Doubleday. The Code Book describes some illustrative highlights in the history of cryptography, drawn from both of its principal branches, codes and ciphers. Thus the book's title should not be misconstrued as suggesting that the book deals only with codes, and not with ciphers; or that the book is in fact a codebook.
Great insight into the basics and even the more advanced ideas behind keeping privacy. The last chapter was enough to make my head spin. Will keep the book and re-read should I need any refresher on cryptography concepts.
