The Cracking Code Book: How to make it, break it, hack it, crack it

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He has spoken to a wide range of audiences, from cybersecurity experts and software developers at leading Silicon Valley tech companies such as Facebook, Dropbox, and PayPal, to academic audiences at universities, executives at business conferences, and the general public in a couple of hundred one-man theatre shows. The result is a gripping account of a great scientific advancement and of the dedicated scientists who realized it. As in Fermat’s Last Theorem, Simon Singh brings life to an anstonishing story of puzzles, codes, languages and riddles that reveals man’s continual pursuit to disguise and uncover, and to work out the secret languages of others.

Jennifer's unique experience on the boat weaves through time, from her bohemian 1960s childhood to being a struggling actor in New York. Go back into the past and investigate the fascinating history of the ancient Egyptians in Mummies and then journey to the Gladiators' deadly world.As German intelligence experts conducted numerous internal investigations that all certified their ciphers' security, the Allies continued to break more ciphers and plugged their own communication leaks. Having helped to elucidate the basic science of Crispr, she remains implicated in its clinical applications and in the ethical debate it stimulated – unlike Charpentier, who has said that she doesn’t want to be defined by Crispr and is now pursuing other science questions.

Each of the book’s entries paints a picture of how a particular cypher was invented, used, or broken and the personalities behind these codes. In fact, despite its fearsome length and academic credentials, The Name of the Rose is about the hunt for a serial killer whose murders reflect the Seven Trumpets from the book of Revelation. A refreshing read that complements most books on cryptography that concentrate on mathematics or technology. Learn all about the brilliant people and the fiendishly innovative ways they eventually cracked the codes.The betrayal of Mary Queen of Scots and the cracking of the enigma code that helped the Allies in World War II are major episodes in a continuing history of cryptography.