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Chapter Overview
Chapter 1: AudiobookHub Recommendation
Chapter 2: Secret codes arose early in human history and evolved very rapidly.
Chapter 3: Mary, Queen of Scots’ execution spurred major advances in cryptography.
Chapter 4: During the sixteenth century, a new cipher appeared, widely and mistakenly deemed unbreakable by many scholars.
Chapter 5: Cryptanalysis proved crucial in decoding ancient Egyptian and Greek classical scripts successfully.
Chapter 6: War periods drove major advances in cryptography.
Chapter 7: Breaking the Enigma cipher posed a massive challenge that decisively shaped World War II’s ultimate outcome.
Chapter 8: The rise of personal computers generated new cryptographic techniques and robust security frameworks.
Chapter 9: The future of cryptography hinges on advances in computing and on political change.
Description
The Code Book (1999) lays out the long and intriguing history of secret communication. These blinks will take you on a journey from Ancient Greece to the modern-day NSA, detailing innumerable stories of cunning, determination and deceit along the way.
Who Should Listen
- Anyone interested in codes, secrets and world history
- People with a taste for stories of wartime espionage
- Any linguist and mathematician