Today, as cryptographic methods ascend to the highest priority in issues of national security, the ever escalating duel between code makers and code breakers has become one of the hottest issues in computer science. Spiced with a wealth of exciting, amusing, and sometimes very personal stories from the history of cryptology, this book promises to stimulate general readers interested in this fascinating field. 159 illus.
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Today, as cryptographic methods ascend to the highest priority in issues of national security, the ever escalating duel between code makers and code breakers has become one of the hottest issues in computer science. Spiced with a wealth of exciting, amusing, and sometimes very personal stories from the history of cryptology, this book promises to stimulate general readers interested in this fascinating field. 159 illus.
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