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FredrikMeyer · 2019-07-05 · Original thread
I recently read Simon Singhs book "The Code Book: The Science of Secrecy from Ancient Egypt to Quantum Cryptography" [1]: it is very fun and readable about this (and many other) cipher.

https://www.amazon.com/Code-Book-Science-Secrecy-Cryptograph...