{"product_id":"9780007176045_the-cracking-code-book","title":"The Cracking Code Book","description":"\u003cp\u003eHow to make it, break it, hack it, crack it.\u003cbr\u003eThe secret history of codes and code breaking.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSimon Singh’s best-selling title The Code Book now re-issued for the young-adult market.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Science of Secrecy from Ancient Egypt to Quantum Cryptography.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSimon 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCodes have influenced events throughout history, both in the stories of those who make them and those who break them. The betrayal of Mary Queen of Scots and the cracking of the enigma code that helped the Allies in World War II are major episodes in a continuing history of cryptography. In addition to stories of intrigue and warfare, Simon Singh also investigates other codes, the unravelling of genes and the rediscovery of ancient languages and most tantalisingly, the Beale ciphers, an unbroken code that could hold the key to a $20 million treasure.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Simon Singh","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46898447122581,"sku":"9780007176045","price":16.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0484\/3175\/9509\/files\/9780007176045_09b69108-fb17-4ff2-9796-c291d667ed8a.jpg?v=1776888329","url":"https:\/\/harpercollins.com.au\/products\/9780007176045_the-cracking-code-book","provider":"HarperCollins AU","version":"1.0","type":"link"}