9 algorithms that changed the future

Every day, we use our computers to perform remarkable feats. Uploading a photo to Facebook transmits millions of pieces of information over numerous error-prone network links, yet somehow a perfect copy of the photo arrives intact. Without even knowing it, we use public-key cryptography to transmit secret information such as credit card numbers, and we use digital signatures to verify the identity of the websites we visit. How do our computers perform these tasks? This book answers that question in language anyone can understand, revealing the extraordinary ideas that power our computers and smartphones

Speaker: Ioannis Papadongonas, Science Books Editor, Crete University Press, Foundation of Research and Technology

Organisation:  Foundation for Research & Technology – Hellas