Codes have been around since the beginning of writing, and cracking them has always been an irresistible temptation for highly intelligent people. The war between encoding and decoding lasted for more than 3,000 years. The author of this book analyzes the unknown historical secrets during this period, describes a group of behind-the-scenes figures who changed history, and presents you with the mysterious cave of the cryptographic world. In the long cryptographic war, every victory of the crackers led to the birth of new encoding methods, pushing human technological civilization to unimaginable limits, and ultimately led to today's computers and even jaw-dropping quantum cryptography. This war is far from over and will inevitably push mankind to a more glorious stage of civilization.
As a senior BBC producer, the author is a master storyteller. Familiar historical events and major battles that changed the world structure are actually secret stories. Open this book and I will show you the truth of a piece of history.
Reader comments
This is an introductory book on cryptography. If you are interested in cryptography and want to try to use cryptography to reinterpret and define something, then I recommend you to read this book. The book introduces the basic knowledge of cryptography, the development history, basic concepts and principles of cryptography, including basic knowledge of symmetric encryption, asymmetric encryption, digital signatures, etc. By introducing application examples of cryptography in modern communications, e-commerce, financial security and other fields, it demonstrates the importance and practical application of cryptography in today's society.
The text of this book is concise and smooth. It gives readers a detailed introduction to the very brief history of cryptographic wars in the past three thousand years in human history. It truly reproduces the thrilling and deceitful stories behind cryptography and tells the evolution of cryptography technology in a popular way. During the interpretation process, the author's language is easy to understand, and it is also accompanied by corresponding pictures. The pictures and texts are both beautiful and easy for readers to understand. It is a popular historical science book suitable for the public to read. This book also covers a wide range of fields. It is not just cryptography, but also interdisciplinary. It is worth reading carefully.
Codes have been hiding secrets since ancient times, and the struggle between encoding and decoding has continued for thousands of years. Every time a password is cracked, the password will undergo a major innovation, and technology continues to advance in the process of encoding and decoding. As a result, passwords are becoming increasingly complex and difficult to crack. From the original Morse code to the current computer encryption and quantum encryption, encryption has become extremely complicated. Regarding the password war, this book records it in detail, and the author tells the readers one by one in a story-telling way.
The writing style of this book is very attractive, like listening to a story, which made me understand the history of encoding and decoding. The author's writing style is concise and clear, and the classic quote in the book "The urge to reveal secrets is a deep-rooted human nature" impressed me even more. As a mother of a new baby, I found this book both entertaining and informative, perfect for someone like me who needs some light reading.
From ancient times to the present, the design and exploration of passwords has been an endless topic. The history of passwords is as good as writing. It has an irresistible temptation for highly intelligent people. This book aims to help readers understand the mysterious caves of the cryptographic world, step into the unknown historical secrets, discover the stories of famous figures in the history of coding, and the role cryptography plays in promoting human technological civilization. The language is vivid, the views are clear, and the historical facts are rich, making it very suitable for readers to read.
This is an introductory book on cryptography. If you are interested in cryptography and want to try to use cryptography to reinterpret and define something, then I recommend you to read this book. The book introduces the basic knowledge of cryptography, the development history, basic concepts and principles of cryptography, including basic knowledge of symmetric encryption, asymmetric encryption, digital signatures, etc. By introducing application examples of cryptography in modern communications, e-commerce, financial security and other fields, it demonstrates the importance and practical application of cryptography in today's society.
The text of this book is concise and smooth. It gives readers a detailed introduction to the very brief history of cryptographic wars in the past three thousand years in human history. It truly reproduces the thrilling and deceitful stories behind cryptography and tells the evolution of cryptography technology in a popular way. During the interpretation process, the author's language is easy to understand, and it is also accompanied by corresponding pictures. The pictures and texts are both beautiful and easy for readers to understand. It is a popular historical science book suitable for the public to read. This book also covers a wide range of fields. It is not just cryptography, but also interdisciplinary. It is worth reading carefully.
Codes have been hiding secrets since ancient times, and the struggle between encoding and decoding has continued for thousands of years. Every time a password is cracked, the password will undergo a major innovation, and technology continues to advance in the process of encoding and decoding. As a result, passwords are becoming increasingly complex and difficult to crack. From the original Morse code to the current computer encryption and quantum encryption, encryption has become extremely complicated. Regarding the password war, this book records it in detail, and the author tells the readers one by one in a story-telling way.
The writing style of this book is very attractive, like listening to a story, which made me understand the history of encoding and decoding. The author's writing style is concise and clear, and the classic quote in the book "The urge to reveal secrets is a deep-rooted human nature" impressed me even more. As a mother of a new baby, I found this book both entertaining and informative, perfect for someone like me who needs some light reading.
From ancient times to the present, the design and exploration of passwords has been an endless topic. The history of passwords is as good as writing. It has an irresistible temptation for highly intelligent people. This book aims to help readers understand the mysterious caves of the cryptographic world, step into the unknown historical secrets, discover the stories of famous figures in the history of coding, and the role cryptography plays in promoting human technological civilization. The language is vivid, the views are clear, and the historical facts are rich, making it very suitable for readers to read.