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“The Code War” was written by science writer Dana Mackenzie—with the assistance of Drs. Ronald Graham, Arjen Lenstra, Barry Mazur, Andrew Odlyzko, Carl Pomerance, Kenneth Ribet and Mr. Moses Liskov—for Beyond Discovery®: The Path from Research to Human Benefit, a project of the National Academy of Sciences.
The Academy, located in Washington, D.C., is a society of distinguished scholars engaged in scientific and engineering research, dedicated to the use of science and technology for the public welfare. For more than a century, it has provided independent, objective scientific advice to the nation.
Funding for this article was provided by the National Academy of Sciences.
© 2003 by the National Academy of Sciences, February 2003
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