密码故事
The Code Book
Simon Singh · 初版 1999 年
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为什么值得读
- 聚焦编解码双方在历史长河中的技术对抗
- 生动还原二战破译基地与图灵等人物传奇
- 深入浅出普及公钥加密与密码分析发展
继畅销书 Fermat's Enigma 之后，Simon Singh 在其新书中首次全景式梳理了密码学的辉煌历史，追溯其演变轨迹，并揭示了密码对战争、国家乃至个人命运产生的深远影响。从苏格兰女王 Mary 因自身密码泄露而罹难，到协助盟军赢得二战的 Navajo Code Talkers，再到保障互联网商业安全的不可思议（且惊人简朴）的后勤技术突破，The Code Book 讲述了有史以来最强大的智力武器——保密机制的传奇历史。全书中穿插着清晰易懂的技术与数学剖析……
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对密码学和编码理论感兴趣的人，绝对应该考虑一下西蒙·辛格的《密码书》。它极其出色地记述了密码学在整个历史长河中是如何被应用的。
Those interested in cryptology and coding theory should definitely consider "The Code Book" by Simon Singh. It's a great account of how cryptology was used throughout history.
我不是密码学家，但我从事安全工作，西蒙·辛格的《密码书》是一部极其出色的密码学/密码分析史，它把历史呈现为一个钟摆，在编码者和破译者占据上风之间来回摆动……
I am not a cryptographer but I do work in security and The Code Book by Simon Singh is an excellent history of the history of cryptography/cryptanalysis presented as periods through history where the pendulum swung between giving the edge to the code makers or breakers.…
如果你对密码学感兴趣，我非常非常推荐西蒙·辛格的《密码书》。里面有一章专门讲布莱切利园，讲述了包括艾伦·图灵和恩尼格玛密码机在内的好几位密码专家的故事。
I highly, highly recommend "The Code Book" by Simon Singh if you're interested in cryptography. It has a chapter on Bletchley Park and tells the stories of several of its cryptographers, including Alan Turing and the Enigma cipher.
……还有很多其他的合集。我也推荐密码学相关的书。大卫·卡恩的《破译者》严格来说不算数学书，但它棒极了，里面讲的全是数学家的故事，西蒙·辛格的《密码书》也是如此。你也可以读施奈尔的《应用密码学》。这里可是 HN，所以我必须提醒一句：通过阅读 SICP、高德纳的书或者任何优秀的算法……你也能学到很多有趣又有用的数学。
…there are many other collections. I also recommend cryptography stuff. David Kahn's The Codebreakers is not really a math book, but it is awesome and it stars mathematicians, as does Simon Singh's The Code Book. You could read Schneier's Applied Cryptography. This is HN, so I would be remiss if I didn't point out that you can learn a lot of fun and useful math by reading SICP, Knuth, or any good algorithms…
公钥加密的历史，乃至整个加密的历史，在这本书里都讲得相当透彻：http://www.amazon.co.uk/The-Code-Book-History-Code-breaking/...
The history of public key encryption, and of encryption in general is covered pretty well in this book: http://www.amazon.co.uk/The-Code-Book-History-Code-breaking/...
……讲 SQL 的，涵盖了它与4大主流 SQL 数据库（Oracle、SQL Server、Postgres、MySQL）相关的各个部分——它还有一个在线版本：http://use-the-index-luke.com/sql/table-of-contents。《密码书》- 西蒙·辛格 - 一本很好读的书，涵盖了整个历史上的密码学和信息隐藏技术。大概很适合高中生年龄段的人读。
…about SQL and covers each part as it relates to the 4 major SQL databases (Oracle, SQL Server, Postgres, MySQL) - Also has an online version: http://use-the-index-luke.com/sql/table-of-contents The Code Book - Simon Singh - It's just a good read that covers cryptography and message hiding throughout history. Probably a solid book for somebody around high school age.