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Cryptonomicon

Cryptonomicon by Neal Stephenson is a landmark work of speculative fiction and historical fiction that masterfully bridges WWII-era cryptography with the dawn of the 1990s Internet and dot-com boom.

The narrative alternates between two main timelines:

World War II Era: Follows Lawrence Pritchard Waterhouse, a brilliant young American mathematician and Allied cryptanalyst working alongside historical figures like Alan Turing to crack the Axis powers' Enigma and Lorenz ciphers, as well as Bobby Shaftoe, a gung-ho US Marine involved in secret diversionary tactics.

1990s Dot-Com Era: Follows Lawrence's grandson, Randy Waterhouse, a computer hacker and systems architect in the 1990s. Together with his tech associates, Randy attempts to establish an anonymous "data haven" in the fictional Sultanate of Kinakuta, relying on high-grade cryptography to protect data privacy and create a secure digital currency immune to government surveillance.

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No. Panggil

813.54 STE c c1

Penerbit

New York : Avon Books., 1999

Deskripsi Fisik

722 pages : 25 cm

Bahasa

English

ISBN/ISSN

9780380788620

Klasifikasi

813.54

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Subjek

American Fiction -- 20th Century

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Cryptonomicon is an epic speculative historical fiction novel that weaves two parallel storylines: World War II Allied codebreakers working to crack Axis ciphers alongside Alan Turing, and 1990s tech entrepreneurs building an anonymous, cryptographically secured data haven in Southeast Asia.

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