| Codes, Ciphers & Other Cryptic and Clandestine Communication - Making & Breaking Secret Messages from Hieroglyphs to the Internet
(1998)
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| Front Cover |
Book Details |
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| Author |
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| Genre |
Cryptology |
| Publication Date |
1998 |
| Format |
Hardcover (240
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mm)
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| Publisher |
Black Dog & Leventhal Pub
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| Language |
English |
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| Plot |
From B&N Editors
Discover the intriguing world of codes--from Champollion's deciphering of ancient hieroglyphics and the Rosicrucians' secret transmissions to the Ultra operation which helped win WWII and computer codes that protect the Internet. Progressing methodically through each coding method, engaging profiles include dramatic stories of political intrigue, cloak-and-dagger maneuvers, secret religions, and secret financial transactions. B&W illus.
From the Publisher
Spies, secret societies, religious cults as well as anyone who has used an ATM or the Internet rely on the making and breaking of codes for security.
Like a spy novel combined with the technology of a Tom Clancy thriller, Codes, Ciphers and Other Clandestine Communication successfully interweaves technical explanations of each important coding method with their place in the shadowy world of secret communications.
Hundreds of illustrated examples take the reader step-by-step through the foundations of cipher making from Caesar's cipher to World War I's ADFGX and beyond. Detailed diagrams and line drawings of each coding machine will delight technology buffs and war-machine aficionados.
Packed with historical anecdotes about cryptography's most famous pioneers and practitioners, this book covers the development of codes through the ages of the druids, Marie Antoinette, Aaron Burr, Confederate spies in the Civil War to the Freemasons, German U-Boat Wolf Packs, the KGB and much more.
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| Personal Details |
| Collection Status |
Not In Collection |
| Store |
Barnes & Noble |
| Location |
quarto |
| Purchase Price |
$19.99 |
| Purchase Date |
2000 |
| Condition |
Very Fine |
| Index |
446 |
| Owner |
Paulo Mendes |
| Read It |
No |
| Links |
URL
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| Collection # |
90105 |
| Main Subject |
Cryptology |
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| Product Details |
| LoC Classification |
Z103.3 .W75 1998 |
| Dewey |
652/.8 21 |
| ISBN |
1579120407 |
| Edition |
01 |
| Printing |
1 |
| Paper Type |
alkaline |
| Country |
USA |
| Cover Price |
$19.99 |
| Nr of Pages |
704 |
| First Edition |
Yes |
| Rare |
No |
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| Notes |
| Includes bibliographical references (p. 681-696) and index. |
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