The Gambler and the Scholars Herbert Yardley, William & Elizebeth Friedman, and the Birth of Modern American Cryptology
It also can be used as an auxiliary text or recommended reading in introductory or survey courses in history or on the related topics. John F. Dooley is the William and Marilyn Ingersoll Professor Emeritus of Computer Science at Knox College in Galesburg, Illinois. Previously, he spent more than 15...
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| Language: | English |
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Springer Nature Switzerland
2023, 2023
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 2023 |
| Series: | History of Computing
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Table of Contents:
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Beginnings – Herbert Yardley
- 3. Beginnings – William Friedman and Elizebeth Smith
- 4. The Great War – Meetings
- 5. Wars End
- 6. What Might Have Been
- 7. The Cipher Bureau: Early Days
- 8. The Lone Cryptologists: Escape from Riverbank
- 9. The Cipher Bureau: Success and Decline
- 10. The Lone Cryptologists: Washington Life
- 11. Cryptologic Endings and Beginnings
- 12. The American Black Chamber
- 13. A Pretty Young Woman in a Pink Dress
- 14. One Career After Another
- 15. Red and Purple
- 16. Yardley Abroad
- 17. The Friedmans at War – William
- 18. The Friedmans at War – Elizebeth
- 19. Yardley’s War
- 20. Endings
- 21. Memories of Friedman and Yardley
- Appendix - A Few Words of Cryptology
- Bibliography
- Photo and Illustration Credits