In his first book since the bestselling Fermat's Enigma, Simon Singh offers the first sweeping history of encryption, tracing its evolution and revealing the dramatic effects codes have had on wars, nations, and individual lives. From Mary, Queen of Scots, trapped by her own code, to the Navajo Code Talkers who helped the Allies win World War II, to the incredible (and incredibly simple) logisitical breakthrough that made Internet commerce secure, The Code Book

xn + yn = zn, where n represents 3, 4, 5, ...no solution"I have discovered a truly marvelous demonstration of this proposition which this margin is too narrow to contain."With these words, the seventeenth-century French mathematician Pierre de Fermat threw down the gauntlet to future generations. What came to be known as Fermat's Last Theorem looked simple; proving it, however, became the Holy Grail of mathematics, baffling its finest minds for more than 350 years. In F...

‘I have a truly marvellous demonstration of this proposition which this margin is too narrow to contain.’It was with these words, written in the 1630s, that Pierre de Fermat intrigued and infuriated the mathematics community. For over 350 years, proving Fermat’s Last Theorem was the most notorious unsolved mathematical problem, a puzzle whose basics most children could grasp but whose solution eluded the greatest minds in the world. In 1993, after years of secret toil, Englishman A...

The bestselling author of Fermat’s Last Theorem and The Code Book tells the story of the brilliant minds that deciphered the mysteries of the Big Bang. A fascinating exploration of the ultimate question: how was our universe created?Albert Einstein once said: ‘The most incomprehensible thing about the universe is that it is comprehensible.’ Simon Singh believes geniuses like Einstein are not the only people able to grasp the physics that govern the universe. We all can.As w...

The Science of Secrecy from Ancient Egypt to Quantum CryptographyFrom the best-selling author of Fermat’s Last Theorem, The Code Book is a history of man’s urge to uncover the secrets of codes, from Egyptian puzzles to modern day computer encryptions.As in Fermat’s Last Theorem, Simon Singh brings life to an anstonishing story of puzzles, codes, languages and riddles that reveals man’s continual pursuit to disguise and uncover, and to work out the secret languages of others...

From bestselling author of Fermat's Last Theorem, a must-have for number lovers and Simpsons fans'An entertaining picture of the insanely high-minded nature of the Simpsons' writers' Sunday Times***'***A valuable, entertaining book that, above all, celebrates a supremely funny, sophisticated show' Financial TimesYou may have watched hundreds of episodes of The Simpsons (an...

Pierre de Fermat, l'un des plus grands mathématiciens français du XVII siècle, s'était contenté de porter dans la marge de son cahier de travail:"xn + yn = zn impossible si n > 2. J'ai trouvé une solution merveilleuse, mais la place me manque ici pour la développer."Ce théorème allait devenir, pour les trois cent cinquante années à venir, le Graal du monde des mathématiques. Les plus puissants esprits de tous les siècles et de toutes les nations tentèrent de venir à bout de cette é...

De tous temps, les codes secrets ont décidé du sort des hommes, des peuples et des nations. Grâce à eux, les militaires ont pu mener leurs guerres dans l'ombre, les puissants et les bandits protéger leurs trésors, les amants camoufler leur passion. Les codes sauvèrent ainsi les Grecs des Perses, accompagnèrent César dans ses conquêtes, firent arrêter et décapiter Marie Stuart, scellèrent l'énigme du Masque de fer, décidèrent Wilson à rejoindre les alliés, et permirent d'épargner des millie...

"Simon Singh racconta in modo semplice e chiaro la storia di un teorema che ha coinvolto molti dei più grandi matematici del passato, facendo rivivere l'affascinante percorso della teoria dei numeri." La Stampa Nel 1665 il matematico Pierre de Fermat, uno dei più geniali innovatori della teoria dei numeri, morì portando con sé la soluzione del suo ultimo quesito aritmetico. "Dispongo di una meravigliosa dimostrazione di questo teorema, che non può essere contenuta nel margine troppo strett...

**"As gripping as a good thriller." --The Washington PostUnpack the science of secrecy and discover the methods behind cryptography--the encoding and decoding of information--in this clear and easy-to-understand young adult adaptation of the national bestseller that's perfect for this age of WikiLeaks, the Sony hack, and other events that reveal the extent to which our technology is never quite as secure as we want to believe.**Coders and codebreakers alike will be...

Quanti episodi dei Simpson avete visto nella vostra vita? Centinaia? Migliaia? Eppure forse non vi siete mai accorti che tra gli ingredienti segreti di questa serie c'è… la matematica! Sparsa a piene mani nei luoghi e nelle circostanze più improbabili, la matematica è disseminata in moltissimi episodi, e in questo volume Simon Singh ripercorre le avventure della famiglia più famosa della tv per svelarci i trucchi degli sceneggiatori: Homer che ci introduce al teorema dello Spaventapasseri ...

How to make it, break it, hack it, crack it.The secret history of codes and code breaking.Simon Singh’s best-selling title The Code Book now re-issued for the young-adult market.The Science of Secrecy from Ancient Egypt to Quantum Cryptography.Simon Singh brings life to an amazing story of puzzles, codes, languages and riddles – revealing the continual pursuit to disguise and uncover, and to work out the secret languages of others.Codes have influence...