The Mammoth Book of Secret Code Puzzles: B Format - Couverture souple

Dunin, Elonka

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1845293258 ISBN 13 : 9781845293253

Editeur : Constable & Robinson, 2006

Synopsis

Secret messages, Da Vinci-style codes, keys to predictions and cryptic clues - this giant collection of brain-teasing, enciphered challenges will satisfy puzzle fans at every level.

It features over 600 puzzles, from the simple substitution-code type - messages or quotations in code where each letter stands for another - to fiendishly difficult ciphers using actual wartime methods employed by historic figures from Julius Caesar to President John F. Kennedy. There is plenty to challenge the sharpest of minds, and the more you solve, the better and faster you get!

You'll find lots of helpful tips and advice on professional ways of cracking codes. Plus there's a fascinating section on the world's most famous unsolved scripts and cryptograms, including the Beale Ciphers, the Kryptos fourth section at CIA Headquarters, the Zodiac Killer ciphers, Emperor Rudof II's Voynich Manuscript and the 3,500-year-old Phaistos Disk.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

ELONKA DUNIN is an American video-game developer and cryptologist. Bestselling author Dan Brown named Nola Kaye, a character in his novel, The Lost Symbol, after her. Elonka has published a book of exercises on classical cryptography and maintains cryptography-related websites about topics such as the world's most famous unsolved codes and Kryptos, a sculpture at the Central Intelligence Agency containing an encrypted message. She is considered the leading Kryptos expert in the world. Elonka is a member of the United States National Cryptologic Museum Foundation's Board and frequently gives lectures on the subject of cryptography.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Constable & Robinson
• Date d'édition: 2006
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1845293258
• ISBN 13: 9781845293253
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 608
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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