Simon Singh Quote
One way to solve an encrypted message, if we know its language, is to find a different plaintext of the same language long enough to fill one sheet or so, and then we count the occurrences of each letter. We call the most frequently occurring letter the first, the next most occurring letter the second, the following most occurring letter the third, and so on, until we account for all the different letters in the plaintext sample.
Simon Singh
One way to solve an encrypted message, if we know its language, is to find a different plaintext of the same language long enough to fill one sheet or so, and then we count the occurrences of each letter. We call the most frequently occurring letter the first, the next most occurring letter the second, the following most occurring letter the third, and so on, until we account for all the different letters in the plaintext sample.
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About Simon Singh
Singh has also produced documentaries and works for television to accompany his books, is a trustee of the National Museum of Science and Industry, a patron of Humanists UK, founder of the Good Thinking Society, and co-founder of the Undergraduate Ambassadors Scheme.