In Code: A Mathematical Adventure (Taschenbuch) von Sarah Flannery, David Flannery   Kurzbeschreibung: A bestseller in Ireland, this book combines mathematical theory with autobiographical elements. It's been described as a "paean to intellectual adventure" (}TES{), and explains a coding system for the compression of information. Will appeal to readers of popular science. Lesen Sie mehr... Rezensionen: Sarah Flannery is the Irish teenager who last year stunned the world by inventing a way of making public-key encryption much more efficient. Given that this is the underlying security technology of e-commerce, that is an achievement that many of the world's leading research laboratories would have been proud of. That it came from a modest, well-adjusted, cheerful Irish teenager is nothing short of miraculous. In Codeis the story of how she did it, and of what happened to her and her family as a result. It's an engaging, almost playful, book in which the reader is encouraged to spend lots of time working out mathematical puzzles set by the authors. This is not sadism on their part, but a cunning plot to get the reader thinking like a cryptographer. It's also a reflection of the way the Flannery family works, for it's clear that puzzle-solving is as much a part of their communal life as eating. The puzzles are interwoven with a narrative of Sarah'sannus mirabilis, in which she found a stupendously clever way of easing the computational load which public-key cryptography imposes on machines. What's striking about this account is its level-headed, self-deprecating, eminently sane tone. This is a girl whose head hasn't been turned by fame. And that, in a way, is her greatest achievement.--John Naughton-- Dieser Text bezieht sich auf eine vergriffene oder nicht verfügbare Ausgabe dieses Titels. © 1998-2001 Amazon.com, Inc. und Tochtergesellschaften Alle Rezensionen ansehen...   Angebote zu  Code ,  Mathematical ,  Adventure  ab 1 Euro! Sonstige Artikel: Farben von Reinhard Mey Meine allerersten Märchen (Gebundene Ausgabe) von Daniele Winterhager, Jacob Grimm, Wilhelm Grimm, Ingrid Uebe Der Nazi und der Friseur. Roman (Broschiert) von Edgar Hilsenrath Mehr zu  Biographies & Memoirs,  History of Mathematics Home ...,    Angebote ansehen ...,    Begleitseite ... Herausgeber dieser Seite ist DomainLoc.com GmbH - Partner von Amazon.de Copyright © DomainLoc.com GmbH (Impressum)