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Simon Singh

3 reviewed book summaries currently available on Globusz Books.

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Big Bang: The Origin of the Universe

Ever stare up at the night sky and wonder how the heck it all began? Spoiler: it wasn’t a cosmic fireworks show or a magician pulling rabbits out of a hat. Simon Singh’s "Big Bang: The Origin of the Universe" takes you on a no-nonsense ride through the messy, brilliant, and sometimes downright stubborn journey science took to figure out where everything started.

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The Code Book

Ever wonder how spies, kings, and hackers keep secrets from prying eyes? Or why your online passwords and credit card info don’t just float around for anyone to snatch? Turns out, secret codes have been the world’s oldest game of cat and mouse—only the mice got smarter over millennia. Simon Singh’s “The Code Book” takes you on a ride from dusty scrolls to quantum weirdness, showing how humans have obsessed over hiding and cracking secrets since forever.

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The Code Book: The Science of Secrecy from Ancient Egypt to Quantum Cryptography

Ever wonder how your private texts stay private, or how a simple jumble of letters once decided the fate of entire nations? Secrets and codes aren’t just spy movies’ stuff—they’ve shaped history for thousands of years. Simon Singh’s “The Code Book” takes you on a wild ride through the cat-and-mouse game of cryptography, where every lock has a key, and every key is a puzzle waiting to be cracked.

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