This book seeks to clarify the misinformation behind heated debates on Wikipedia, and debunk the common misconception of "Kirchhoff's law" using simple and clear-cut treatments to explain the cypher's working principal -- an understanding that has eluded (even) some experts on software-based security or quantum security -- and how it can provide the same (or higher) level of security as quantum communicators at a thousandth of the cost.
Straight out of both hard and popular sciences, the explanations provide both the big picture and the genesis of the ideas behind the cypher -- complete with personal history beyond the invention, as well as reflections on the current situation of science and technology (including defense technology) and academic life in the USA and the Western world.
The contents of this text include layman introductory and concluding summaries for each chapter -- allowing both professionals and interested members of the public to benefit from reading it.
Readership: Scientists, engineers, members of the general public interested in how things work and all who are interested in today's history of secure communication, science and technology.