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Codes, Ciphers, Secrets, and Cryptic Communication: Making and Breaking Secret Messages from Hieroglyphs to the Internet - Softcover
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Making and breaking secret messages from hieroglyphs to the Internet. Learn about the fascinating world of codes - from deciphering ancient hieroglyphics to the cipher machines used in wartime and modern computer cryptology for encoding financial transactions. The making and breaking of codes has shaped history: every chapter of this book is a dramatic story with thrilling narratives and detailed descriptions of code development. The topics include: Transposition ciphers; Substitution ciphers; Cipher devices and machines; Cryptanalysis; Codes; Codebooks; Codebreaking; Signals Steganography; Scripts & Languages; Invented languages; Biographies; and Quizzes and answers. This is a massive book with over 700 pages chock-full of fascinating history, logic and mathematical science. It chronicles the famous milestones in the world of secret communication: Thomas Jefferson's Wheel Cipher, Enigma and Bletchley Park, American Indian Codetalkers, Naval Codes, etc. Bestseller: Hardback Edition was published in 1998 and sold 46,000 copies worldwide; ISBN 1-57912-040-7.
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About the Author
Fred B. Wrixon is an expert in codes, military history and espionage. He has written three books including Codes, Ciphers and Secret Languages, Codes and Ciphers and 2440 Questions and Answers. He often spends his free time exchanging code deciphering puzzles with friends. He lives in the Ohio River Valley.
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