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1. The Codebreakers: The Comprehensive History of Secret Communication from Ancient Times to the Internet by David Kahn

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	"History - this book is the canonical story of crypto through the ages"

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2. The Code Book: The Science of Secrecy from Ancient Egypt to Quantum Cryptography by Simon Singh

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	"History - a great read and introduction to crypto with some math"

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(259 customer reviews)

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3. Code Breaking: A History and Explanation by Rudolph Kippenhahn

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	"History - another good book, similar to the one above"

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(12 customer reviews)

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4. Crypto: How the Code Rebels Beat the Government--Saving Privacy in the Digital Age by Steven Levy

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	"History - Politics of crypto"

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(39 customer reviews)

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5. Introduction to Cryptography with Coding Theory by Wade Trappe

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	"Textbooks - solid undergrad text on crypto"

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(12 customer reviews)

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6. Introduction to Modern Cryptography: Principles and Protocols (Chapman & Hall/Crc Cryptography and Network Security Series) by Jonathan Katz

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	"Textbooks - thorough book that makes advanced topics accessible to novices"

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7. Making, Breaking Codes: Introduction to Cryptology by Paul Garrett

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	"Textbooks - hands-on book for undergraduates"

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8. Elliptic Curves: Number Theory and Cryptography (Discrete Mathematics and Its Applications) by Lawrence C. Washington

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	"Textbooks - excellent treatment of elliptic curves"

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(5 customer reviews)

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9. Applied Cryptography: Protocols, Algorithms, and Source Code in C, Second Edition by Bruce Schneier

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	"Applications - implementation details for a lot of algorithms"

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(101 customer reviews)

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10. Practical Cryptography by Niels Ferguson

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	"Applications - general implementation issues"

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(16 customer reviews)

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11. Cryptography and Network Security: Principles and Practice (3rd Edition) by William Stallings

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	"Applications - fairly comprehensive book on security and cryptography"

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(14 customer reviews)

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12. Modern Cryptography: Theory and Practice (Hewlett-Packard Professional Books) by Wenbo Mao

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	"Applications - bridges the gap between theory and application"

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(11 customer reviews)

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13. The Design of Rijndael: AES - The Advanced Encryption Standard (Information Security and Cryptography) by Joan Daemen

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	"Applications - details the new Advanced Encryption Standard"

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(3 customer reviews)

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14. Malicious Cryptography: Exposing Cryptovirology by Adam Young

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	"Applications - Much better than the cover will lead you to believe, covers modern crypto topcis"

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(10 customer reviews)

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15. Cryptography : Theory and Practice by Douglas R. Stinson

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	"Theory - one of the most solid introductions to crypto"

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(14 customer reviews)

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16. Handbook of Applied Cryptography (Discrete Mathematics and Its Applications) by Alfred Menezes

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	"Theory - the most comprehensive crypto resource"

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(16 customer reviews)

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17. A Course in Number Theory and Cryptography (Graduate Texts in Mathematics) by Neal Koblitz

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	"Theory - somewhat advanced treatment of mathematical aspects"

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18. Algebraic Aspects of Cryptography (Algorithms and Computation in Mathematics) by Neal Koblitz

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	"Theory - further exploration of math in crypto"

$129.00 Used & New from: $62.00

(2 customer reviews)

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19. Foundations of Cryptography: Volume 1, Basic Tools (Vol 1) by Oded Goldreich

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	"Theory - very theoretical book on cryptological foundations"

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20. Foundations of Cryptography Volume II Basic Applications by Oded Goldreich

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	"Theory - part II of above, more emphasis on applications"

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21. Modern Cryptography, Probabilistic Proofs and Pseudorandomness (Algorithms and Combinatorics) by Oded Goldreich

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	"Theory - advanced work about psuedorandomness"

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22. Cryptanalysis of Number Theoretic Ciphers (Computational Mathematics) by Samuel S. Wagstaff Jr.

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	"Theory - covers a lot crypto number theory and algorithms"

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23. Cryptonomicon by Neal Stephenson

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	"Fiction - a fantastic story, that just happens to revolve around crypto"

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(845 customer reviews)

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24. The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown

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	"Fiction - not bad, for as popular as it is"

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(3,934 customer reviews) | 26 customer discussions

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