by wasoxygen

Cryptography is fascinating. Seriously, way more interesting than I thought it would be. I knew some history about Turing and Enigma, especially from [Neal] Stephenson’s Cryptonomicon, but getting into the nitty gritty was really worthwhile.

The good news here is that there is really only one book you need to read. The Code Book, by Simon Singh, is a masterpiece.

#learnnewthings schedule:

January 2016 – Water and growth in California

February – Wine

March – Game theory

April – Cryptography

May – Art history

June – The history of railroads in the U.S.

July – Oceanography

August – Football (strategy and theory)

September – Chaos theory

November – Linguistics