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The Code Book : The Science of Secrecy from Ancient Egypt to Quantum Cryptography
by Singh, Simon
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 1857028791
- ISBN 13
- 9781857028799
- Seller
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Hyde, Cheshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Fourth Estate, 1999. No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with unmarked black cloth boards, minor rubbing to spine ends and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn with very slight creasing to edges. 402pp. The history of codes and code-breaking from the time of the Ancient Egyptians up to modern computers.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good. 9.5 x 6.5 inches.
Synopsis
Simon Singh received his Ph.D. in physics from Cambridge University. A former BBC producer, he directed and co-produced an award-winning documentary film on Fermat's Last Theorem that aired on PBS's Nova series and formed the basis of his bestselling book, Fermat's Enigma . He lives in London.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Godley Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 027974
- Title
- The Code Book : The Science of Secrecy from Ancient Egypt to Quantum Cryptography
- Author
- Singh, Simon
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 1857028791
- ISBN 13
- 9781857028799
- Publisher
- Fourth Estate
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1999
- Size
- 9.5 x 6.5 inches
- Keywords
- Codes, Mathematics. History, Wars
- Bookseller catalogs
- History; Language;
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