Cryptonomicon. Stevenson N.

During the Second World War, the young mathematical genius Lawrence Waterhouse participates in the hacking of German encryption systems. Nowadays, his grandson Randy, a computer hacker, helps to build an autonomous “data harbor” in Southeast Asia. The fate of the grandson is connected with the work of his grandfather, with an international conspiracy that can bring the world to the Baset of New Totalitarism.

sometimes cheerful, tightly stuffed with information on a variety of topics, from cryptoanalysis and hacking to the search for treasures, this novel is a real modern one. epic. On the one hand, there is an amazing, completely original portrait of the era of wartime. On the other hand, provocative reflection on how science and technology help to form - and change - the detention of human history. The work of great erudition and the equally great creative force, it is - and it will remain - one of the significant literary achievements of the modern era.