The hidden history of code-breaking : the secret world of cyphers, uncrackable codes, and elusive encryptions /
McKay, Sinclair,
The hidden history of code-breaking : the secret world of cyphers, uncrackable codes, and elusive encryptions / Sinclair McKay. - First Pegasus Books cloth edition. - 391 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
The codes of the ancients -- The cipher masterminds -- The bible enigmas -- Pyramid power -- The secret ciphers of love -- The axeman's enigmas -- The poetry of codes -- Victorian encryptions -- Ciphers of the great war -- A continent of codes -- Enigma and its variations -- The star-spangled cryptographers -- Codes from the future -- Answers.
A fascinating exploration of the uncrackable codes and secret cyphers that helped win wars, spark revolutions and change the faces of nations.
9781639364343 163936434X
Ciphers--History.
Cryptography--History.
The hidden history of code-breaking : the secret world of cyphers, uncrackable codes, and elusive encryptions / Sinclair McKay. - First Pegasus Books cloth edition. - 391 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
The codes of the ancients -- The cipher masterminds -- The bible enigmas -- Pyramid power -- The secret ciphers of love -- The axeman's enigmas -- The poetry of codes -- Victorian encryptions -- Ciphers of the great war -- A continent of codes -- Enigma and its variations -- The star-spangled cryptographers -- Codes from the future -- Answers.
A fascinating exploration of the uncrackable codes and secret cyphers that helped win wars, spark revolutions and change the faces of nations.
9781639364343 163936434X
Ciphers--History.
Cryptography--History.