49 - History of Maths and x, Substitution ciphers: Ancient - Renaissance

Travels in a Mathematical World by Peter Rowlett

Dec 7, 200908:06Science & Medicine

Episode 49. Peter Rowlett covers basic cryptography including information on cracking the Vigenere cipher. Companion podcast to video lecture at For more info and show notes visit

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