The Code Book offers a complete history of the subject of cryptography encapsulated in one single 400 page book. The distinctive storyteller style adopted by the author instills a sense of drama in an otherwise historical and scientific account. He starts from the roots of cryptography, goes on to indulge the reader in its evolution and reveals its dramatic effects on wars, nations and individual lives. This book tells the story of the most powerful intellectual weapon ever known: secrecy. Ex...

damn good book... inexplicable ciphers explained in such a way that we can create our own codes... flipcart's delivery was on time.. felt like receiving gift from Santa... the stories behind the ciphers are so good, it transforms you into that era.. worth buying.. they added codes in the end for us to solve wich is fascinating...

First of all I am amazed by the delivery speed of Flipkart. Within 24hrs of booking it was delivered to me!!! It's really good on my part.
Talking about the book, Simon Singh did make me a lover of cryptography directly or indirectly.
I would highly recommend those who are interested in all these coding stuffs.

This book is a treat for amateur code-breakers who work their way through newspaper puzzles and crosswords. It's comprises of concise history of Cryptography and Codes throughout mankind and progresses its way from one of the earliest of codes, the Caesar Shift to the WW2 German Enigma Machine and the Security System used to protect data online. This book is a marriage between Cryptography History and Mathematics and its detailed explanation in both the streams makes the reader understand Cry...

Simon sir has done it again. Like "Fermat's Last Theorem", Simon sir is spot-on this too for "The Code Book". The book takes you to a journey to the history of what we call "encryption" in modern days. One would come to know about how World War I and World War II shaped the way we know it, the unsung heroes of WW I and II who were not on battle-field but they still contributed like soldiers. The book also uncovers how people found the true meanings of texts written 2500 years back.
The book i...

2 stars are just because of pricing, the content deserves 5 stars.

The content of this book is very interesting and it is surely a page-turner for anyone even remotely interested in this topic.
The pricing of this book is the one that can mar flipkart's reputation. The price printed on this book is Rs.399 which flipkart has quoted as Rs.499 on its page and it has then given a discount of 20%(20% discount on 499 comes down to 399). This is a very dirty and cheap trick us...

The book covers a History of ciphers. It includes fascinating background stories and is a must read for every enthusiast of codes and ciphers.
The service of flipkart was as always amazing so never a disappointment from that side ever.

Book introduces an ancient story of queen who uses code to communicate with conspirators but the code breakers were able to break the code and she was caught leading to her death. Code used ciphers where every letter was represented with a fixed another code letter. Then gradual development when keys were used and the text was translated using ciphers with a key.babbage found the code breaking frequency analysis technique to breast this code. The. Came enigma machine that used electrical wiri...

Surprised to get a different book of the same author.."FERMAT'S LAST THEOREM"...
Very casual approach....

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