1.0 literature! • R. Hill: A first course in coding theory, Claredon Press, 1985 • V. Pless: Introduction to the theory of error-correcting codes John Willey, 1998 • J. Gruska: Foundations of computing, Thomson Internationa Computer Press, 1997 • A. Salomaa: Public-key cryptography, Springer, 1990 • D. R. Stinson: Cryptography: theory and practice, 1995 • B. Schneier: Applied cryptography, John Willey and Sons, 1996 • J. Gruska: Quantum computing, McGraw-Hill, 1999 (For additions and updatings: http://www.mcgraw-hill.co.uk/gruska) • S. Singh, The code book, Anchor Books, 1999 • D. Kahn: The codebreakers. Tho story of secret writing. Macmillan, 1996 (An entertaining and informative history of cryptography.)