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The hidden history of code-breaking : the secret world of cyphers, uncrackable codes, and elusive encryptions / Sinclair McKay.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York : Pegasus Books, 2023Copyright date: ©2023Edition: First Pegasus Books cloth editionDescription: 391 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781639364343
  • 163936434X
Subject(s):
Contents:
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.
Summary: A fascinating exploration of the uncrackable codes and secret cyphers that helped win wars, spark revolutions and change the faces of nations.
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Adult Book Adult Book Main Library NonFiction New 652.809 M153 Available 33111011319262
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A fascinating exploration of the uncrackable codes and secret cyphers that helped win wars, spark revolutions and change the faces of nations.

There have been secret codes since before the Old Testament, and there were secret codes in the Old Testament, too. Almost as soon as writing was invented, so too were the devious means to hide messages and keep them under the wraps of secrecy.

In The Hidden History of Code Breaking , Sinclair McKay explores these uncrackable codes, secret cyphers and hidden messages from across time to tell a new history of a secret world. From the temples of Ancient Greece to the court of Elizabeth I; from antique manuscripts whose codes might hold prophecies of doom to the modern realm of quantum mechanics, we will see how a few concealed words could help to win wars, spark revolutions and even change the faces of great nations.

Here is the complete guide to the hidden world of codebreaking, with opportunities for you to see if you could have cracked some of the trickiest puzzles and lip-chewing codes ever created.

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.

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