by Simon Singh · 4TH ESTATE · tapa blanda · ISBN 9781857028898
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«The Code Book» is Simon Singh's popular science essay, published by Fourth Estate in paperback (416 pages, in English).
Simon Singh traces the history of cryptography, from ancient Egyptian scripts to today's quantum systems. With episodes of espionage, political manoeuvres and mathematical discoveries, he shows how the creation and breaking of codes influenced battles and reigns, and portrays those who devised and solved the most important ciphers.
Winner of the Corine Internationaler Buchpreis 2001; this ISBN corresponds to the Fourth Estate paperback reissue of the book originally published in 2000.
For readers interested in history, science and mathematics seeking an accessible introduction to cryptography.
Simon Lehna Singh, is a British popular science author and theoretical and particle physicist. His written works include Fermat's Last Theorem, The Code Book, Big Bang, Trick or Treatment? Alternative Medicine on Trial and The Simpsons and Their Mathematical Secrets. In 2012 Singh founded the Good Thinking Society, through which he created the website "Parallel" to help students learn mathematics.
