§Personal Collection
Cryptography and the History of Secrets
Curatorial Theme: The Science of the Unbreakable. Tracing the intellectual arms race between codemakers and codebreakers, from ancient ciphers to quantum cryptography.
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The Code Book: The Science of Secrecy from Ancient Egypt to Quantum Cryptography
Simon Singh, 1996, cryptography
“General History. Traces evolution of secrecy from ancient Egypt to quantum mechanics.”
Applied cryptography
Bruce Schneier, 2007, Book
“Protocols. The "Bible" of the field, legendary for algorithms and protocols.”
Cryptonomicon
Neal Stephenson, 1999, code and cipher stories
“Fiction/Cyberpunk. Explores political implications of strong crypto and data havens.”
Alan Turing: the enigma
Andrew Hodges, 1983, biography
“Biography. Details his work at Bletchley Park and the invention of the Bombe.”
Enigma
Robert Harris, 1974, adventure
“Thriller. Dramatizes the mental pressure of cryptanalysts at Bletchley Park.”
Code Girls: The Untold Story of the American Women Code Breakers Who Helped Win World War II
Liza Mundy, 2017, history
