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The codebreakers: the comprehensive history of secret communication from ancient times to the Internet. (Rev. and updated ed.)

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Beginning with the ancient Egyptians, David Kahn takes the reader through the history of cryptography to the present day.

He discusses how codes and ciphers are broken and examines the role they play in war and peace.

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Product Details
Scribner
1439103550 / 9781439103555
eBook (EPUB)
652.8
05/12/1996
English
1200 pages
Copy: 10%; print: 10%
Description based on CIP data; resource not viewed. Originally published: New York: Macmillan, 1967; London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1968.