| Author | : Fred B. Wrixon |
| Publisher | : Random House Value Publishing |
| Total Pages | : 280 |
| Release | : 1989 |
| Genre | : Business & Economics |
| ISBN | : |
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.
| Author | : Outlet Book Company Staff |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : |
| Release | : 1989-05-01 |
| Genre | : |
| ISBN | : 9780517691373 |
| Author | : David J. Peterson |
| Publisher | : Odd Dot |
| Total Pages | : 144 |
| Release | : 2020-06-30 |
| Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
| ISBN | : 9781250222329 |
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
| Author | : John Redden |
| Publisher | : Lulu.com |
| Total Pages | : 58 |
| Release | : 2017-09-02 |
| Genre | : Education |
| ISBN | : 1387346083 |
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.
| Author | : Martin Gardner |
| Publisher | : Courier Corporation |
| Total Pages | : 100 |
| Release | : 1984-01-01 |
| Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
| ISBN | : 9780486247618 |
Explains various methods used in cryptography and presents examples to help readers in breaking secret codes
| Author | : Paul Lunde |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 0 |
| Release | : 2009 |
| Genre | : Ciphers |
| ISBN | : 9780520260139 |
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.
| Author | : Alexander D'Agapeyeff |
| Publisher | : Read Books Ltd |
| Total Pages | : 153 |
| Release | : 2016-08-26 |
| Genre | : Computers |
| ISBN | : 1473350913 |
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.
| Author | : Simon Singh |
| Publisher | : Delacorte Press |
| Total Pages | : 274 |
| Release | : 2002-05-14 |
| Genre | : Young Adult Nonfiction |
| ISBN | : 0375890122 |
"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
| Author | : Fred B. Wrixon |
| Publisher | : Black Dog & Leventhal Pub |
| Total Pages | : 704 |
| Release | : 2005 |
| Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
| ISBN | : 9781579124854 |
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!
