 | Handbook of Applied Cryptography (Discrete Mathematics and Its Applications) by Alfred J. Menezes
Buy new: £33.74 / Used from: £24.99 Excellent reference, but I wouldn't start with this one
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 | Cryptography Theory and Practice (Discrete Mathematics and Its Applications) by Douglas R. Stinson
Buy new: £37.68 / Used from: £36.90 Perhaps the best textbook
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 | Applied Cryptography: Protocols, Algorithms and Source Code in C by Bruce Schneier
Buy new: £24.67 / Used from: £17.00 Great collection what crypto can do; gives a nice overview
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 | A Course in Number Theory and Cryptography (Graduate Texts in Mathematics) by Neal Koblitz
Buy new: £37.09 / Used from: £13.68 The math of crypto
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 | Practical Cryptography by Niels Ferguson
Buy new: £18.89 / Used from: £12.00 Nice followup to Applied Cryptography
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 | The Code Book: The Secret History of Codes and Code-breaking by Simon Singh
Buy new: £5.97 / Used from: £2.50 Good, entertaining history
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