Thu Nov 19 · 6:30pm
Lectures on Tap — Cryptography: The Math of Keeping Secrets
Ismar Volić, Professor of Mathematics and director of the Institute for Mathematics and Democracy at Wellesley College, explains the mathematics that keeps online banking and private messages secret, tracing the history and politics of secret communication from the German Enigma machine of the Second World War to quantum cryptography. His books include the award-winning Making Democracy Count, on mathematics and elections.