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MacCormick, John. "4. Public Key Cryptography: Sending Secrets on a Postcard". Nine Algorithms That Changed the Future: The Ingenious Ideas That Drive Today's Computers, Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2012, pp. 38-59. https://doi.org/10.1515/9780691209050-005

MacCormick, J. (2012). 4. Public Key Cryptography: Sending Secrets on a Postcard. In Nine Algorithms That Changed the Future: The Ingenious Ideas That Drive Today's Computers (pp. 38-59). Princeton: Princeton University Press. https://doi.org/10.1515/9780691209050-005

MacCormick, J. 2012. 4. Public Key Cryptography: Sending Secrets on a Postcard. Nine Algorithms That Changed the Future: The Ingenious Ideas That Drive Today's Computers. Princeton: Princeton University Press, pp. 38-59. https://doi.org/10.1515/9780691209050-005

MacCormick, John. "4. Public Key Cryptography: Sending Secrets on a Postcard" In Nine Algorithms That Changed the Future: The Ingenious Ideas That Drive Today's Computers, 38-59. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2012. https://doi.org/10.1515/9780691209050-005

MacCormick J. 4. Public Key Cryptography: Sending Secrets on a Postcard. In: Nine Algorithms That Changed the Future: The Ingenious Ideas That Drive Today's Computers. Princeton: Princeton University Press; 2012. p.38-59. https://doi.org/10.1515/9780691209050-005

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Frontmatter i
CONTENTS vii
Foreword ix
1. Introduction: What Are the Extraordinary Ideas Computers Use Every Day? 1
2. Search Engine Indexing: Finding Needles in the World’s Biggest Haystack 10
3. PageRank: The Technology That Launched Google 24
4. Public Key Cryptography: Sending Secrets on a Postcard 38
5. Error-Correcting Codes: Mistakes That Fix Themselves 60
6. Pattern Recognition: Learning from Experience 80
7. Data Compression: Something for Nothing 105
8. Databases: The Quest for Consistency 122
9. Digital Signatures: Who Really Wrote This Software? 149
10. What Is Computable? 174
11. Conclusion: More Genius at Your Fingertips? 199
Acknowledgments 205
Sources and Further Reading 207
Index 211

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Chapters in this book

Frontmatter i
CONTENTS vii
Foreword ix
1. Introduction: What Are the Extraordinary Ideas Computers Use Every Day? 1
2. Search Engine Indexing: Finding Needles in the World’s Biggest Haystack 10
3. PageRank: The Technology That Launched Google 24
4. Public Key Cryptography: Sending Secrets on a Postcard 38
5. Error-Correcting Codes: Mistakes That Fix Themselves 60
6. Pattern Recognition: Learning from Experience 80
7. Data Compression: Something for Nothing 105
8. Databases: The Quest for Consistency 122
9. Digital Signatures: Who Really Wrote This Software? 149
10. What Is Computable? 174
11. Conclusion: More Genius at Your Fingertips? 199
Acknowledgments 205
Sources and Further Reading 207
Index 211

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