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Title: The Best Book on Cryptography I Have Read
Review: I recommend this book if you are interested in cryptography. I recommended even more strongly if you are not very interested in cryptography. Why? Because it is the first book I have read to make the subject really open to someone not eager to work at the subject. The author's explanations of the development of cryptography over the centuries was strong, and his technical explanations of subjects like the German WWII Enigma machine, the decipherment of Linear B, and public key cryptography are absolutely outstanding. Everything that the author tried to explain, he did explain, in terms that almost anyone can understand. In fact, he made the difficulty and the work involved in good cryptography apparent, while at the same time making it relatively easy to understand the technology and thinking behind some of the great achievements in that field.
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