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Codebreaker : the history of secret communication

text Codebreaker : the history of secret communication

Summary

A four-thousand-year history of cryptography ranges from the time of the ancient Egyptian pharaohs to the present, explaining encryption's development and evolution, looking at famous codes, and offering clues for code-breaking.

Contents
1. Originality -- Unbroken codes : the Phaistos disk -- Cultural codes : holy codes -- Cultural codes : codes of the Kama Sutra -- 2. Ingenuity -- Cultural codes : Rosslyn's secrets : hidden meaning in architecture and music -- Unbroken codes : th... Read more
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176 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 23 cm.
Publisher
Elwin Street 2010

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Woodmere (Main Branch) 652.809 PIN in Adult Non-fiction Available

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