Cryptology

by Albrecht Beutelspacher, J. Chris Fisher (Translator)

Cryptology, the art and science of 'secret writing', provides ideal methods to solve the problems of transmitting information secretly and securely. The first half of this book studies and analyzes classical cryptosystems. The second half looks at the exciting new directions of public-key cryptology. The book is fun to read, and the author presents the material clearly and simply. Many exercises and references accompany each chapter.

Genres: Nonfiction

170 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1987

About the author

Albrecht Beutelspacher ist ein deutscher Mathematiker. Von 1988 bis 2018 war er Professor für Geometrie und Diskrete Mathematik an der Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen. Er ist der Gründer und Direktor des Mathematikums in Gießen.

Reviews

[Mandy Nicolaus · Rating 5 out of 5]

Verständlich erklärt und gute Verweise für tiefergehendes Lesen

[Nighthawk · Rating 3 out of 5]

Read it because it was on my shelf and forgot where it came from. Pretty good introduction to Cryptology but it can be very dry reading with a lot of in-depth explanations on certain mathematical formulas and principles of enciphering and deciphering. My favorite part was only a section of the last chapter and that was talking about the use of cryptology in online economies. There's some basic explanation of what cryptocurrency could look like in the future (the book was written in the 90s).

Overall not bad, fairly short, good intro to a subject but still a dry read.

[A YOGAM · Rating 4 out of 5]

Beutelspachers „Kryptologie“ bietet eine reich illustrierte, verständliche und unterhaltsame Einführung in die Wissenschaft der Verschlüsselung, die Nachrichten vor unbefugtem Lesen und Manipulation schützt. Besonders überzeugend ist die Behandlung moderner Anwendungen wie Handy-Sicherheit, elektronisches Geld, Zugangskontrollen zu Rechnern und digitale Signaturen. Das Buch verbindet spielerische Zugänglichkeit mit technischer Präzision und macht so komplexe Themen für Einsteiger und Interessierte gleichermaßen nachvollziehbar.

[EAL · Rating 2 out of 5]

I admit, with shame, that I skimmed much of the math. And I call myself a future engineer...interesting principles; the exercises were often too tedious to attempt. I might have to read something from the children's section to get a better overview of methods, though the illustrations were often illuminating in ways the text was not.