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Codes and Ciphers

By England) , Collins (Firm : London

Book information

Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers;Collins
ISBN
9780007228041, 9780007551118, 0007551118
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
2 MB (2486471 bytes)
Series
Collins gem
Pages
(192 pages) : color illustrations\0
Time added
2020-07-26 19:24:52
Ciphers;Cryptography;Cryptography--History;REFEREN

Description

All you need to know about making and breaking codes. Gem Codes and Ciphers touches on everything from the smoke signals used by Native American Indians to encryption devices used by government agencies and the military. Not only does this handy, pocket-sized book cover the history of the development of codes and ciphers, it also has practical information and advice on how to make codes and, more importantly, how to break them! Topics covered:- Native American smoke signals, Masonic signals, flags, and semaphore;- Morse code, Braille, ASCII computer language;- Letter substitution ' mono- and poly-alphabetic;- Computer algorithms;- Codes and ciphers throughout history- Development of code-breaking devices such as the Enigma machine.

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