Cryptology is rapidly gaining in practical importance for the protection of communication channels, databases and software. The first part of this book deals with codes and their uses (cryptography), whilst the second deals with the process of covertly decrypting a secret code (cryptanalysis).
The 4th edition features updated content that reflects the latest research and trends in the field. It includes enhanced illustrations, new case studies, and expanded sections that provide deeper insights into key concepts. Readers will benefit from improved pedagogical features designed to facilitate learning and comprehension. This edition aims to engage both students and professionals, making it a valuable resource for understanding contemporary issues and practices.
In Cooperation with Heinz Nixdorf MuseumsForum
The Heinz Nixdorf Museum Forum (HNF) is the world's largest c- puter museum and is dedicated to portraying the past, present and future of information technology. In the "Year of Informatics 2006" the HNF was particularly keen to examine the history of this still quite young discipline. The short-lived nature of information technologies means that individuals, inventions, devices, institutes and companies"age" more rapidly than in many other specialties. And in the nature of things the group of computer pioneers from the early days is growing smaller all the time. To supplement a planned new exhibit on "Software and Inform- ics" at the HNF, the idea arose of recording the history of informatics in an accompanying publication. Mysearchforsuitablesourcesandauthorsveryquickly cameupwith the right answer, the very rst name in Germany: Friedrich L. Bauer, Professor Emeritus of Mathematics at the TU in Munich, one of the - thers of informatics in Germany and for decades the indefatigable author of the"Historical Notes" column of the journal Informatik Spektrum. Friedrich L. Bauer was already the author of two works on the history of informatics, published in different decades and in different books. Both of them are notable for their knowledgeable, extremely comp- hensive and yet compact style. My obvious course was to motivate this author to amalgamate, supplement and illustrate his previous work.
Der Autor entwickelt unterhaltsam, gleichzeitig mit mathematischer Strenge, zahlreiche Facetten aus der Wissenschaftsgeschichte, die mit den Anfängen der Informatik in Zusammenhang stehen. Die Beiträge sind über viele Jahre im Informatik Spektrum erschienen und werden nun erstmals in einem Buch zusammengefasst. Die Informatik selbst ist eine junge Wissenschaft, deren Wurzeln tief in die Vergangenheit zurückreichen. Der Autor zeigt dies anhand vieler anregender historischer Notizen.
Herausgeber: Friedrich L. Bauer. Das Buch umfasst 93 Abbildungen, 8 Tabellen und hat insgesamt 545 Seiten im Softcover.
Die Kryptologie, eine jahrtausendealte "Geheimwissenschaft", gewinnt für den Informatiker zusehends praktische Bedeutung in Verbindung mit Datenbanken und Telekommunikation.