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The Cracking Code Book

By Simon Singh
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The Cracking Code Book by Simon Singh delves into the fascinating history of cryptography, exploring the evolution of secret codes and their pivotal role in shaping world events. The book highlights famous codebreakers and offers insights into the development of modern cryptography, capturing the complexity and intrigue of decoding encrypted messages. It's an engaging read for young adults interested in the mysteries and challenges of unraveling secret communications.
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You might enjoy this fascinating exploration into the world of codes and cryptography if you're intrigued by the art of secret messages, historical events influenced by encryption, and the evolution of code-breaking techniques. Perfect for young adults, it brings complex ideas to life with engaging storytelling and real-world examples.

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The Cracking Code Book

How to make it, break it, hack it, crack it.
The secret history of codes and code breaking.

Simon Singh’s best-selling title The Code Book now re-issued for the young-adult market.

How to make it, break it, hack it, crack it

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How to make it, break it, hack it, crack it. The secret history of codes and code breaking.

Simon Singh's best-selling title The Code Book is now re-issued for the young-adult market. Explore The Science of Secrecy from Ancient Egypt to Quantum Cryptography, as Simon Singh breathes life into an amazing story of puzzles, codes, languages, and riddles—revealing the continual pursuit to disguise and uncover, and to decipher the secret languages of others.

Codes have influenced events throughout history, both in the stories of those who create them and those who crack them. The betrayal of Mary Queen of Scots and the cracking of the Enigma code, which helped the Allies in World War II, are major episodes in a continuing history of cryptography.

In addition to tales of intrigue and warfare, Simon Singh also explores other codes, such as the unravelling of genes and the rediscovery of ancient languages. Most tantalisingly, he delves into the Beale ciphers, an unbroken code that could hold the key to a USD20 million treasure.

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The Cracking Code Book by Simon Singh is often praised for its fascinating exploration of cryptography, filled with intriguing stories of political manoeuvres, military secrecy, and academic competition. Described by some sources as a great read, it captivates readers with a narrative style that parallels gripping tales akin to obsessive pursuits or Hollywood stories. It's well-suited for those interested in impactful storytelling akin to historical mysteries.

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Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780007176045

Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 04 October 2004

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: HarperCollins

Audience: Primary and secondary education, Children, Teenage

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 17.0mm

Width: 129.0mm

Height: 198.0mm

Weight: 190g

Pages: 272

Collections

Children’s, Teenage and Educational Education & Reference Fiction Science & Nature Simon Singh Young Adult

About the Author

Simon Singh is a science journalist and TV producer. Having completed his PhD at Cambridge he worked from 1991 to 1997 at the BBC producing Tomorrow’s World and co-directing the BAFTA award-winning documentary Fermat’s Last Theorem for the Horizon series. In 1997, he published Fermat’s Last Theorem, which was a no 1 best-seller in Britain and translated into 22 languages. In 1999, he published The Code Book which was also an international bestseller and was the basis for the Channel 4 series The Science of Secrecy.

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