Codes and Ciphers - Softcover

Callery, Sean

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0061374075 ISBN 13: 9780061374074

Verlag: Harper Paperbacks, 2008

Inhaltsangabe

Everything from smoke signals to military encryption devices

Codes and Ciphers reveals the development and role of secret communications throughout history and offers practical advice on how to make codes (whether by pencil and paper or by computer) and how to break them!

Inside you will find information on:

• Code-breaking devices
• Hieroglyphics, Native American smoke signals, flags, and semaphore
• Braille, Morse code, and computer language
• Mono- and polyalphabetic letter substitution
• Computer algorithms

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Reseña del editor

A user-friendly introduction to the history of secret communications traces the applications of such examples as smoke signals, military encryptions, and computer algorithms, in a practical account that also traces the contributions of code-breakers and shares practical information on code making. Original.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Harper Paperbacks
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2008
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0061374075
• ISBN 13: 9780061374074
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 192
• Kontakt zum Hersteller: Nicht verfügbar
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