22: Enigma
Jul 12, 2018•39 min•Season 3Ep. 22
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Episode description
Can we create an unbreakable code? Through the film Enigma, Science(ish) delves into the murky history of cryptography and the hunt for the perfect cipher. Our modern world so fundamentally relies on secure digital communication and yet current ‘state-of-the-art’ encryption is actually breakable. Will the code-makers ever beat the code-breakers for good? Enter quantum physics...
Featuring: Prof Artur Ekert
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