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August 15, 2005: St. Louis, Missouri: Washington University is Home to Rare Collection of Coded Books
"...But a set of complex codes in a vault at Washington University remains impervious to computer attack, no matter how sneaky. That's because the codes are in rare books, some of them over 500 years old. Together they form the country's finest collection about the history of code-making and - breaking.
Codes seem more natural in technological ages like ours than in the 1500s. But there has always been fascination about secrets."
