About This Video

Historically, as advances were made in the fields of engineering, mathematics, and physics, so the field of cryptography has advanced with them—usually by leaps and bounds. Where is it headed next? Science journalist Simon Singh concedes that the science of secrecy tends to be secret, so we may not know about it until it has already been broken.

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Recorded June 2011; Posted September 2011