Author: Fred B. Wrixon
Publisher: Random House Value Publishing
ISBN:
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 280
Book Description
Perfect for word lovers and puzzlers, this comprehensive, illustrated volume includes Indian sign language, Morse code, Jefferson's cipher wheel and more, presented in an informative and historical manner.
Codes, Ciphers, and Secret Languages
Author: Fred B. Wrixon
Publisher: Random House Value Publishing
ISBN:
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 280
Book Description
Perfect for word lovers and puzzlers, this comprehensive, illustrated volume includes Indian sign language, Morse code, Jefferson's cipher wheel and more, presented in an informative and historical manner.
Publisher: Random House Value Publishing
ISBN:
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 280
Book Description
Perfect for word lovers and puzzlers, this comprehensive, illustrated volume includes Indian sign language, Morse code, Jefferson's cipher wheel and more, presented in an informative and historical manner.
Codes Ciphers and Secret Language
Author: Outlet Book Company Staff
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780517691373
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780517691373
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Create Your Own Secret Language
Author: David J. Peterson
Publisher: Odd Dot
ISBN: 9781250222329
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 144
Book Description
Protect your diary from snooping siblings. Share your secrets with a BFF. Guard your texts from unwanted eyes. Create the lingua franca for your own fantastical secret world! Expert language creator David J. Peterson (inventor of languages for Game of Thrones, the Marvel Universe, and more) guides you as you create own secret languages, codes, ciphers, and hidden messages. From simple cyphers to entirely new alphabets, Create Your Own Secret Language will help you master the skills of secret communication, whether it’s written, drawn, or spoken. By the time your finished reading, you’ll be able to share messages memora vosak laz vos otihoe vosecchi! (“that no one will be able to understand!") Illustrations by Ryan Goldsberry
Publisher: Odd Dot
ISBN: 9781250222329
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 144
Book Description
Protect your diary from snooping siblings. Share your secrets with a BFF. Guard your texts from unwanted eyes. Create the lingua franca for your own fantastical secret world! Expert language creator David J. Peterson (inventor of languages for Game of Thrones, the Marvel Universe, and more) guides you as you create own secret languages, codes, ciphers, and hidden messages. From simple cyphers to entirely new alphabets, Create Your Own Secret Language will help you master the skills of secret communication, whether it’s written, drawn, or spoken. By the time your finished reading, you’ll be able to share messages memora vosak laz vos otihoe vosecchi! (“that no one will be able to understand!") Illustrations by Ryan Goldsberry
The Book of Codes
Author: Paul Lunde
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780520260139
Category : Ciphers
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
This illustrated encyclopedia surveys the history and development of code-making and code-breaking in all areas of culture and society from hieroglyphs and runes to DNA, the Zodiac Killer, graffiti, and beyond.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780520260139
Category : Ciphers
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
This illustrated encyclopedia surveys the history and development of code-making and code-breaking in all areas of culture and society from hieroglyphs and runes to DNA, the Zodiac Killer, graffiti, and beyond.
Codes, Ciphers and Secret Writing
Author: Martin Gardner
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 9780486247618
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 100
Book Description
Explains various methods used in cryptography and presents examples to help readers in breaking secret codes
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 9780486247618
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 100
Book Description
Explains various methods used in cryptography and presents examples to help readers in breaking secret codes
Secret Code Book: Substitution Ciphers
Author: John Redden
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1387346083
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 58
Book Description
The Secret Code Book is a short introduction to substitution ciphers. The chapters ease young readers into the concept of rotation ciphers and work their way up to the Vigenère cipher. Along the way, readers will also learn about geometric approaches to secret codes such as the Pigpen cipher. As a bonus, there is a brief description of frequency analysis and how it is used to crack secret codes. frper gpbqr obbx In addition, this book actively challenges readers with practice missions where answers are listed in the back. Also, there is a cut-out rotation template that is provided to make your very own cipher disk! After reading this book, you will have all the basic tools needed to create secret messages.
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1387346083
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 58
Book Description
The Secret Code Book is a short introduction to substitution ciphers. The chapters ease young readers into the concept of rotation ciphers and work their way up to the Vigenère cipher. Along the way, readers will also learn about geometric approaches to secret codes such as the Pigpen cipher. As a bonus, there is a brief description of frequency analysis and how it is used to crack secret codes. frper gpbqr obbx In addition, this book actively challenges readers with practice missions where answers are listed in the back. Also, there is a cut-out rotation template that is provided to make your very own cipher disk! After reading this book, you will have all the basic tools needed to create secret messages.
Codes, Ciphers, Secrets and Cryptic Communication
Author: Fred B. Wrixon
Publisher: Black Dog & Leventhal Pub
ISBN: 9781579124854
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 704
Book Description
Covert communications have won or lost wars, exposed political intrigue, disguised secret religions and societies, and secured financial transactions. This immensely readable world history of clandestine communication—finally in paperback—includes illustrations, diagrams, and puzzles that instruct readers how to become amateur cryptographers. It’s the last word on secret languages!
Publisher: Black Dog & Leventhal Pub
ISBN: 9781579124854
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 704
Book Description
Covert communications have won or lost wars, exposed political intrigue, disguised secret religions and societies, and secured financial transactions. This immensely readable world history of clandestine communication—finally in paperback—includes illustrations, diagrams, and puzzles that instruct readers how to become amateur cryptographers. It’s the last word on secret languages!
Hidden Codes and Grand Designs
Author: Pierre Berloquin
Publisher: Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.
ISBN: 9781402728334
Category : Games & Activities
Languages : en
Pages : 392
Book Description
Berloquins spellbinding look at codemaking through the ages will grab historyand cryptology buffs alike, as he looks at secret codes from ancient times tothe present.
Publisher: Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.
ISBN: 9781402728334
Category : Games & Activities
Languages : en
Pages : 392
Book Description
Berloquins spellbinding look at codemaking through the ages will grab historyand cryptology buffs alike, as he looks at secret codes from ancient times tothe present.
Codes and Ciphers - A History of Cryptography
Author: Alexander D'Agapeyeff
Publisher: Read Books Ltd
ISBN: 1473350913
Category : Computers
Languages : en
Pages : 153
Book Description
This vintage book contains Alexander D’Agapeyeff’s famous 1939 work, Codes and Ciphers - A History of Cryptography. Cryptography is the employment of codes and ciphers to protect secrets, and it has a long and interesting history. This fantastic volume offers a detailed history of cryptography from ancient times to modernity, written by the Russian-born English cryptographer, Alexander D'Agapeyeff. The contents include: - The beginnings of Cryptography - From the Middle Ages Onwards - Signals, Signs, and Secret Languages - Commercial Codes - Military Codes and Ciphers - Types of Codes and Ciphers - Methods of Deciphering Many antiquarian texts such as this, especially those dating back to the 1900s and before, are increasingly hard to come by and expensive, and it is with this in mind that we are republishing this book now in an affordable, modern, high quality edition. It comes complete with a specially commissioned new biography of the author.
Publisher: Read Books Ltd
ISBN: 1473350913
Category : Computers
Languages : en
Pages : 153
Book Description
This vintage book contains Alexander D’Agapeyeff’s famous 1939 work, Codes and Ciphers - A History of Cryptography. Cryptography is the employment of codes and ciphers to protect secrets, and it has a long and interesting history. This fantastic volume offers a detailed history of cryptography from ancient times to modernity, written by the Russian-born English cryptographer, Alexander D'Agapeyeff. The contents include: - The beginnings of Cryptography - From the Middle Ages Onwards - Signals, Signs, and Secret Languages - Commercial Codes - Military Codes and Ciphers - Types of Codes and Ciphers - Methods of Deciphering Many antiquarian texts such as this, especially those dating back to the 1900s and before, are increasingly hard to come by and expensive, and it is with this in mind that we are republishing this book now in an affordable, modern, high quality edition. It comes complete with a specially commissioned new biography of the author.
The Code Book: The Secrets Behind Codebreaking
Author: Simon Singh
Publisher: Delacorte Press
ISBN: 0375890122
Category : Young Adult Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 274
Book Description
"As gripping as a good thriller." --The Washington Post Unpack the science of secrecy and discover the methods behind cryptography--the encoding and decoding of information--in this clear and easy-to-understand young adult adaptation of the national bestseller that's perfect for this age of WikiLeaks, the Sony hack, and other events that reveal the extent to which our technology is never quite as secure as we want to believe. Coders and codebreakers alike will be fascinated by history's most mesmerizing stories of intrigue and cunning--from Julius Caesar and his Caeser cipher to the Allies' use of the Enigma machine to decode German messages during World War II. Accessible, compelling, and timely, The Code Book is sure to make readers see the past--and the future--in a whole new way. "Singh's power of explaining complex ideas is as dazzling as ever." --The Guardian
Publisher: Delacorte Press
ISBN: 0375890122
Category : Young Adult Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 274
Book Description
"As gripping as a good thriller." --The Washington Post Unpack the science of secrecy and discover the methods behind cryptography--the encoding and decoding of information--in this clear and easy-to-understand young adult adaptation of the national bestseller that's perfect for this age of WikiLeaks, the Sony hack, and other events that reveal the extent to which our technology is never quite as secure as we want to believe. Coders and codebreakers alike will be fascinated by history's most mesmerizing stories of intrigue and cunning--from Julius Caesar and his Caeser cipher to the Allies' use of the Enigma machine to decode German messages during World War II. Accessible, compelling, and timely, The Code Book is sure to make readers see the past--and the future--in a whole new way. "Singh's power of explaining complex ideas is as dazzling as ever." --The Guardian