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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.
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Over 600 mystery codes to be cracked!
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Secret messages, encoded predictions, cryptic clues...- never have cryptogram puzzles been so popular, fuelled by phenomena like the "Da Vinci Code" and "Bible Code" Here at last is a giant collection of brainteasing cryptograms and other enciphered challenges, to satisfy all levels of puzzle aficionado. There are over 400 encoded puzzles, showing just how varied cryptograms can be. From easy substitution-code puzzles - messages or quotations in code where each letter stands for another - to fiendishly difficult ciphers solvable by one person only with difficulty, there is enough here to intrigue the sharpest of minds. And the more you solve, the better you get! The book includes a helpful section of general tips and pointers for solving cryptograms. Plus, to ensure the challenge never ends, details of the most famous unsolved real-world cryptograms, including the "Dorabella cipher", "Kryptos fourth section", "Zodiac killer ciphers", "Linear A", "Phaistos Disk", "Rongorongo script" and "Chaocipher" are featured.
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- PublisherConstable & Robinson
- Publication date2006
- ISBN 10 1845293258
- ISBN 13 9781845293253
- BindingPaperback
- LanguageEnglish
- Number of pages608
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