The Code and The Key.

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  • Author(s): MAMET, DAVID
  • Source:
    National Review. 6/1/2020, Vol. 72 Issue 10, p30-34. 5p. 1 Illustration.
  • Additional Information
    • Subject Terms:
      HUMAN behavior; CIPHERS; DECODERS & decoding; PSYCHOANALYSIS; ATTITUDE (Psychology); CRYPTOGRAPHY
    • Abstract:
      In the article, the author discusses how to codify or study the human behavior, particularly the search for a unifying key to determine the reason behind one's actions and behavior. Also cited are the similarities of psychoanalysis and cryptanalysis, his work as a playwright, his new novel as of June 2020 "Forty Years at Anstett," and the book "The Codebreakers: The Comprehensive History of Secret Communication from Ancient Times to the Internet," by David Kahn.