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Codebreaking in Everyday Life

Professor John D Barrow FRS · Gresham College

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About

Everything we buy, from books to baked beans, has a product code printed on it. More sophisticated check-digit codes exist on official documents, bank notes and air tickets. What are they for and what do they mean? We take a look at the mathematical structure of these codes and explain their purposes. And in this age of boundless surveillance, are there enough numbers for each of us to have a serial number of our own?

The talk

  1. Codebreaking in Everyday Life 2010-01-12 · YouTube

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Institution
Gresham College
Speaker
Professor John D Barrow FRS
Year
2010
Level
For everyone
Language
English
Subjects
Mathematics
Source
Gresham College
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