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

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I am an author, journalist and TV producer, specialising in science and mathematics, the only two subjects I have the faintest clue about. While cryptology fans have become gradually spoiled by informative books and journal articles on various historical ciphers and codes, practical methods of codebreaking – and I do not mean the sophisticated computer algorithms – are rarely published on an easily accessible level. Two well-known code-breaking experts have joined forces and produced a book that takes a very practical look into how one solves historical ciphers, with a lot of useful theory along the way. Code experts and enthusiasts Elonka Dunin and Klaus Schmeh patiently explain the basic types of codes and ciphers, and how to detect which scheme is being used.

He is a professor of history at Tulane and was CEO of the Aspen Institute, chair of CNN, and editor of Time. Remarkables REMARKABLES Intriguing, stunning, or otherwise remarkable books These include fine editions, foreign publications exceptional for their interest or production, special editions and some first-rate books from very small publishers. With its lovely codebreaking demonstrations, this book is a real starting manual for any crypto novice. When a great biographer combines his own fascination with science and a superb narrative style, the result is magic.I dare you to find a more diverse, a more mind-blowing, a more intriguing collection of stories about codes and code breaking.

In 1974, the British government admitted that its WWII secret intelligence organization had read Germany's ciphers on a massive scale. Dunin and Schmeh, two internationally known experts on cryptology, show you step by step how to crack codes and ciphers from before the earliest radio transmissions to the world of contemporary computing.A different story again might have been told via the two French food scientists who realised in 2007 that Crispr could be harnessed to vaccinate bacteria against viruses, thus securing the future of the global yoghurt industry, or the Lithuanian biochemist Virginijus Šikšnys, who moved the story on again, but whose work was rejected by top journals. The story blends philosophy, history, theory and language into a surprisingly lively (considering the characters are monks) human story. This text was dictated, rather than written, when the author was 83 years old, so be prepared for the action to take a circular route at times. 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 worldwide bestseller upon publication in 1997, Drosnin's controversial interpretation of the Hebrew text of the bible as predicting numerous future world events is perfect reading for all fans of coincidence and conspiracy.For more than a decade, I led a team of experts trying to decipher the levels of meaning in the pop culture works of Dan Brown. When Jennifer Doudna was in sixth grade, she came home one day to find that her dad had left a paperback titled The Double Helix on her bed. The Code Breaker describes a dance to the music of time with these things as its steps, which began with Charles Darwin and Gregor Mendel and shows no sign of ending.

A superb book, notable because it was largely this book that brought Turing’s story to the public, and which then inspired a series of other books, plays and TV documentaries. I've had a hard copy of this book for decades now and in addition to providing a historical survey of its topic it has played a vital role in helping me understand topics that have served me well professionally. Simon Singh handles the material in an extremely readable way whilst the introduction of Alice, Bob and Eve (Eve is determined to read the secret messages being exchanged between Alice and Bob) adds a delightful touch to the story. It captures the harsh realities of life for those who spent the war in less lauded, yet equally important, secret roles.

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