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Author
Publisher
No Starch Press
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
1 online resource
Language
English
Description
"Teaches how to break encrypted texts, whether by hand or using free computer tools. Covers specific cryptographic techniques and includes real-life examples of encrypted text, from modern postcards to nineteenth-century newspaper ads, telegrams, notes smuggled into prisons, and entire encrypted books"--
Publisher
University of California Press
Pub. Date
[2009]
Physical Desc
279 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), maps (some color) ; 26 cm
Language
English
Description
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
Pub. Date
[2022]
Edition
[First edition].
Language
English
Formats
Description
Explore the fascinating and rich world of Secret Key cryptography! This book provides practical methods for encrypting messages, an interesting and entertaining historical perspective, and an incredible collection of ciphers and codes—including 30 unbreakable methods.
Author
Series
Publisher
Wiley
Pub. Date
©2010
Physical Desc
1 online resource (x, 324 pages) : illustrations
Language
English
Description
"Cracking Codes and Cryptograms For Dummies shows you how to think like a symbologist to uncover mysteries and history by solving cryptograms and cracking codes that relate to Freemasonry, the Knights Templar, the Illuminati, and other secret societies and conspiracy theories"--Resource description page.
Author
Publisher
Skyhorse Publishing
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
viii, 136 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
"Ever since humans first began to communicate, we've had secrets to keep -- secrets of state, war, business, or the heart. From the moment the first secret message was sent, others were busy trying to decipher it. By rearranging, substituting, or transposing symbols, any message can be encoded or decoded -- if you know how. Secrets of Making and Breaking Codes is a practical field manual designed to teach you the basic mechanics of enciphering and...
11) Codebreaker: the history of codes and ciphers, from the ancient pharaohs to quantum cryptography
Author
Publisher
Walker
Pub. Date
[2006]
Edition
First U.S. edition.
Physical Desc
176 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 23 cm
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Chapman and Hall/CRC
Pub. Date
2018.
Edition
Second edition.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (497 pages).
Language
English
Description
Cryptology: Classical and Modern, Second Edition proficiently introduces readers to the fascinating field of cryptology. The book covers classical methods including substitution, transposition, Playfair, ADFGVX, Alberti, Vigene re, and Hill ciphers. It also includes coverage of the Enigma machine, Turing bombe, and Navajo code. Additionally, the book presents modern methods like RSA, ElGamal, and stream ciphers, as well as the Diffie-Hellman key exchange...
Author
Publisher
Dutton Children's Books
Pub. Date
[2009]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
170 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
From the ingenious ciphers of Italian princes to the spy books of the Civil War to the advanced techniques of the CIA, codes and code breaking have played important roles throughout history.
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