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Codes, Ciphers and Secret Writing

by Martin Gardner
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Overview

"A fascinating, challenging book." — A. L. A. Booklist. Experiment with cryptography — the science of secret writing. Cipher and decipher codes: transposition and polyalphabetical ciphers, famous codes, typewriter and telephone codes, codes that use playing cards, knots, and swizzle sticks...even invisible writing and sending messages through outer space. Hours of intrigue and challenge. 45 diagrams.

Synopsis

Cipher and decipher codes: transposition and polyalphabetical ciphers, famous codes, typewriter and telephone codes, codes that use playing cards, knots, and swizzle sticks...even invisible writing and sending messages through space. 45 diagrams.

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Book Details

Published
October 1, 1984
Publisher
Dover Publications
Pages
96
Format
Paperback
ISBN
9780486247618

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