The Num8er My5teries: The Case of the Uncrackable Code

Year 2006Episode 460 minDez. 28, 2006
The Num8er My5teries: The Case of the Uncrackable Code
From the Caesar Cipher to the Da Vinci Code, people have been fascinated by secret messages. The mathematics of codes lets us to do everything from photographing the surface of Mars to shopping securely on eBay. Find out how prime numbers are now the key to codes which protect credit cards from internet hackers, and how, in the digital age, i-pods and digital TV are just a load of 0s and 1s.
The Num8er My5teries: The Case of the Uncrackable Code has aired on Dez. 28, 2006 at 20:00
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