The Science of Secrecy

Name: The Science of Secrecy
Genre: Documentary & Biography
Released: 2000

The Science of Secrecy

Canceled/Ended

2000XiveTV1 Seasons5 Episodes

8.1/10

Seasons

Going Public

2000-10-26

Examining public-key cryptography, which was further developed into a cipher known as RSA.

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The Zimmermann Telegram

2000-10-26

The history of codes is examined. Included: the cracking of an encoded telegram from the German foreign minister to the president of Mexico during World War I.

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Le Chiffre Indechiffabrle: the Uncrackable Code

2000-10-26

Profiling mid-19th-century inventor and mathematician Charles Babbage, who was challenged to crack a particularly resilient code---the VigenÃ¨re cipher, which had been unbreakable for 300 years.

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Hieroglyphs

2000-10-26

The race to decipher the hieroglyphics of ancient Egypt at the dawn of the 19th century.

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The Babington Plot

2000-10-26

Examining the case of Mary Queen of Scots. A cipher in her correspondence resulted in a charge of treason in 1586 for plotting to assassinate Elizabeth I.

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Host Simon Singh examines the secretive history behind the development and evolution of ciphers and code breaking. Thestories in the series range from the cipher that sealed the fate of Mary, Queen of Scots, to the coded Zimmermann Telegram that changed the course of the First World War.

The Science of Secrecy is a series categorized as a canceled/ended. Spanning 1 seasons with a total of 5 episodes, the show debuted on 2000. The series has earned a mostly positive reviews from both critics and viewers. The IMDb score stands at 8.1.

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XiveTV

Rating

8.1/10

Cast

Simon Singh

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