History of Cryptography and Cryptanalysis Codes, Ciphers, and Their Algorithms /

• Main Author: Dooley, John F. (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Series: History of Computing,
• Subjects: Coding theory.; Information theory.; Computers.; Computer science-Mathematics.; History.; Coding and Information Theory.; History of Computing.; Math Applications in Computer Science.; History of Science.

This accessible textbook presents a fascinating review of cryptography and cryptanalysis across history. The text relates the earliest use of the monoalphabetic cipher in the ancient world, the development of the "unbreakable" Vigenère cipher, and an account of how cryptology entered the...