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The Code Book

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What’s it about?

A 2,000-year secret war between codemakers and codebreakers, from Caesar to Enigma to the battle over digital privacy.

You’ll learn

  • How frequency analysis broke ancient ciphers
  • Why the Enigma machine was nearly unbreakable
  • How public key cryptography changed everything
  • The modern fight over encryption and privacy