Cracking the Cipher Challenge • Simon Singh • GOTO 2016

This presentation was recorded at GOTO Amsterdam 2016 http://gotoams.nl Simon Singh - Science Writer based in London ABSTRACT In "The Code Book", a history of cryptography, the author Simon Singh included ten encrypted messages with a prize of £10,000 for the first person or team to decipher all of them. Thousands of amateur and professional codebreakers took up the Cipher Challenge, but it took over a year [...] Download slides and read the full abstract here: http://gotocon.com/amsterdam-2016/pre... RECOMMENDED BOOKS Simon Singh • The Simpsons and Their Mathematical Secrets • https://amzn.to/3w9WcRs Simon Singh • Fermat's Last Theorem • https://amzn.to/3wekpG9 Simon Singh • The Code Book • https://amzn.to/3k4RYFV Simon Singh • Big Bang • https://amzn.to/3bHsZnm Simon Singh & Edzard Ernst • Trick or Treatment • https://amzn.to/2ZThR4I   / gotocon     / goto-     / goto_con     / gotoconferences   #Ciphertext #Cipher #Encryption #EncryptedData #Privacy #SimonSingh #FermatsLastTheorem #Fermat Looking for a unique learning experience? Attend the next GOTO conference near you! Get your ticket at https://gotopia.tech Sign up for updates and specials at https://gotopia.tech/newsletter SUBSCRIBE TO OUR CHANNEL - new videos posted almost daily. https://www.youtube.com/user/GotoConf...