{"product":{"product_id":"0385495323","title":"The Code Book: The Science of Secrecy from Ancient Egypt to Quantum Cryptography","price":"18.0","image_url":"https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/51CC3yLf5mL._SL500_.jpg","url":"https://www.amazon.com/dp/0385495323"},"comments":[{"body":"The movie is okay as a movie, but as as far as historical value goes, it's more in the 'inspired by' category. They touch upon a few of the moments and ideas presented here, however. \r\n\r\nFor a more (and way more interestingly brought) in depth explanation, I can recommend 'The Code Book' by Simon Singh ([amazon](https://www.amazon.com/Code-Book-Science-Secrecy-Cryptography/dp/0385495323))","subreddit_name":"todayilearned","author":"sir-alpaca"},{"body":"Less mathy then what you are wanting, and I havent read it yet, but i was taking a cybersecurity course and when we went over encryption, our instructor recommended this book:\r\n\r\n\"The Code Book\" By Simon Singh  \r\nSubtitle: The science of secrecy from ancient Egypt to quantum cryptography\r\n\r\n\r\nhttps://www.amazon.com/Code-Book-Science-Secrecy-Cryptography/dp/0385495323","subreddit_name":"learnmath","author":"Quietmode"},{"body":"[Simon Singh's The Code Book](https://www.amazon.com/Code-Book-Science-Secrecy-Cryptography/dp/0385495323/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1\u0026amp;keywords=simon+singh\u0026amp;qid=1609467952\u0026amp;sr=8-1) is an excellent book on the history of codes, ciphers, and modern cryptography","subreddit_name":"AskComputerScience","author":"Bawlsinhand"},{"body":"By far the best book I have come across for you is [The Code Book](https://www.amazon.com/Code-Book-Science-Secrecy-Cryptography/dp/0385495323/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8\u0026amp;qid=1532609600\u0026amp;sr=8-1\u0026amp;keywords=the+code+book\u0026amp;dpID=51CC3yLf5mL\u0026amp;preST=_SY291_BO1,204,203,200_QL40_\u0026amp;dpSrc=srch\u0026amp;linkCode=ll1\u0026amp;tag=ac.100000000-20\u0026amp;linkId=e9c439c8a90cdc9f7ab95834c788db8d\u0026amp;language=en_US). It walks you through the entire history of crypto, from basic ciphers used back in Caesar's reign all the way up to crypto that made secure transactions on the Internet possible in the 2000's. It really shows you the incremental steps along the way which are explained with great stories.\r\n\r\nIt also tells you the history of code breakers vs cryptographers. While it was written before blockchain, it's an extremely interesting and fun read, especially given the subject matter and will give you the basis for how blockchain is secured, how crypto works, etc.","subreddit_name":"CryptoCurrency","author":"HOG_ZADDY"},{"body":"https://www.amazon.com/Code-Book-Science-Secrecy-Cryptography/dp/0385495323/ref=nodl_\r\n\r\nI purchased this book at the recommendation from a fellow raid secrets subscriber and I’m not huge fan of reading. Very cool book that goes thru the history of cryptography. ","subreddit_name":"DestinyTheGame","author":"Karnage_AoK"},{"body":"[The Code Book](https://amazon.com/dp/0385495323/) is good. It is less about encryption implementation though. It goes through the history of cryptography and encryption from ancient times to modern day, and explains the concepts behind them. Very interesting and would highly recommend.\r\n*****\r\nEdit: Added link to book.","subreddit_name":"encryption","author":"whatever5251"},{"body":"Check out [The Code Book by Simon Singh](https://www.amazon.com/Code-Book-Science-Secrecy-Cryptography/dp/0385495323?pldnSite=1). It is about the history of cryptography, but along the way, it also has some history of computing, and it's an entertaining read.","subreddit_name":"compsci","author":"lasercat_pow"},{"body":"No idea if it's the book you're talking about, but [The Code Book](https://www.amazon.com/Code-Book-Science-Secrecy-Cryptography/dp/0385495323) has a large section on the Enigma Code. It's a great layman's introduction to cryptology that goes through both the math and the history of several major cryptological innovations. I can't recommend it enough.","subreddit_name":"tipofmytongue","author":"GiskardReventlov"},{"body":"Imagine someone wants to send you a package and they want to lock it with a padlock. They could put the lock on the box and send it to you and then somehow they have to get you the key. They could send it separately or through some other secret means, but there is always the possibility that the key could be intercepted and copied. This method is secure but only if you can securely transmit the key. This is basically symmetric encryption.\r\n\r\nNow, what if instead you manufactured thousands of locks but only one key that opened them all. You sent those locks out in to the world to everyone that might want to send you a package. Anytime someone wanted to send you a package they simply grab one of your locks, lock the box, and send it to you. No one else can open the lock and the key is never sent anywhere, you can keep it safe at your house. This is asymmetric encryption and the basis for most everything we have on the internet nowadays.   Every person or website can create their own locks and make them available (obviously this is easier with data than physical locks!) so when you want to send google or amazon or me or whoever a package, you just find the lock that corresponds to the recipient and your communication is secure.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nThe locks you manufacture and send out into the world are your 'public key', and the key you keep is your 'private key'. The details get into some math and specifically how you can make an equivalent of this key/lock analogy but with very large prime numbers.\r\n\r\nIf you're at all interested in the topic, read this:\r\n\r\nhttps://www.amazon.com/Code-Book-Science-Secrecy-Cryptography/dp/0385495323","subreddit_name":"askscience","author":"Gobias_Industries"},{"body":"Imagine someone wants to send you a package and they want to lock it with a padlock.  They could put the lock on the box and send it to you and then somehow they have to get you the key.  They could send it separately or through some other secret means, but there is always the possibility that the key could be intercepted and copied.  This method is secure but only if you can securely transmit the key.  This is basically symmetric encryption. \r\n\r\nNow, what if instead you manufactured thousands of locks but only one key that opened them all.  You sent those locks out in to the world to everyone that might want to send you a package.  Anytime someone wanted to send you a package they simply grab one of your locks, lock the box, and send it to you.  No one else can open the lock and the key is never sent anywhere, you can keep it safe at your house.  This is asymmetric encryption and the basis for most everything we have on the internet nowadays.  The locks you manufacture and send out into the world are you 'public key', and the key you keep is your 'private key'.  Obviously the details get into some math and particularly how you can make and equivalent of this key/lock analogy but with very large prime numbers.\r\n\r\nIf you're at all interested in the topic, read this:\r\n\r\n https://www.amazon.com/Code-Book-Science-Secrecy-Cryptography/dp/0385495323","subreddit_name":"askscience","author":"Gobias_Industries"},{"body":"For those wanting to learn more about how this quantum photon based encryption came about, and much more, check out [The Code Book: The Science of Secrecy from Ancient Egypt to Quantum Cryptography](https://www.amazon.ca/Code-Book-Science-Secrecy-Cryptography/dp/0385495323).","subreddit_name":"science","author":"SLIGHTLY_UPSETTING"},{"body":"Really awesome work, if you hadn't read it yet, I'd recommend a [great book on codes by Smon Singh](http://www.amazon.com/Code-Book-Science-Secrecy-Cryptography/dp/0385495323/ref=sr_1_1?s=books\u0026amp;ie=UTF8\u0026amp;qid=1443700498\u0026amp;sr=1-1\u0026amp;keywords=simon+singh+code).","subreddit_name":"Morrowind","author":"darthmase"},{"body":"I have been researching Renaissance codes and recently came across Batista Bellaso. He may end up in my novel, actually! A book that I read to discover more, that I found very helpful, is [The Code Book by Simon Singh](http://www.amazon.com/The-Code-Book-Science-Cryptography/dp/0385495323). It delves fairly deeply into this cryptologist and his contemporaries and his impact on codes for several centuries. It is a fascinating, but very accessible book that I definitely recommend if you want to learn more about the history of cryptology. ","subreddit_name":"Italianhistory","author":"crystallyn"},{"body":"There was a really excellent section on exactly this in [the code book](http://www.amazon.com/The-Code-Book-Science-Cryptography/dp/0385495323) if you're interested in some reading about it. But the book is more generally about the history of cryptography and codebreaking...\r\n\r\nIt went over a lot of the history of figuring out Egyptian hieroglyphs and one or two other ancient languages with little to no clues about their meaning and interpretation. Sorry I don't remember the specifics...","subreddit_name":"explainlikeimfive","author":"grrrranimal"},{"body":"[The Code Book: The Science of Secrecy from Ancient Egypt to Quantum Cryptography by Simon Singh](http://www.amazon.com/The-Code-Book-Science-Cryptography/dp/0385495323)\r\n\r\nIt's a book I enjoyed a great deal. It covers both the technical aspects of making and breaking codes as well as the history of its development along with its impact on the world. Singh makes it very interesting while presenting it in a way that's easy to understand.","subreddit_name":"books","author":"ikacer"}]}