A fascinating exploration of theuncrackable 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 codesinthe 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 ciphers, 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.
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The Hidden History of Code-Breaking
The Secret World of Cyphers, Uncrackable Codes, and Elusive Encryptions
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The Hidden History of Code-Breaking
The Secret World of Cyphers, Uncrackable Codes, and Elusive Encryptions
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Computer ScienceTable of contents
- Cover
- Title Page
- Introduction
- Chapter One: The Codes of the Ancients
- Chapter Two: The Cipher Masterminds
- Chapter Three: The Bible Enigmas
- Chapter Four: Pyramid Power
- Chapter Five: The Secret Ciphers of Love
- Chapter Six: The Axeman’s Enigmas
- Chapter Seven: The Poetry of Codes
- Chapter Eight: Victorian Encryptions
- Chapter Nine: Ciphers of the Great War
- Chapter Ten: A Continent of Codes
- Chapter Eleven: Enigma and its Variations
- Chapter Twelve: The Star-spangled Cryptographers
- Chapter Thirteen: Codes From the Future
- Answers
- Acknowledgments
- About the Author
- Copyright
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