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Filled with over 200 classic and little-known enciphered documents and puzzles, this book guides the reader through the underlying principles of encipherment, the principles and processes involved in deciphering, and the ultimate outcome.
D. at Cambridge he worked from 1991 to 1997 at the BBC producing Tomorrow’s World and co-directing the BAFTA award-winning documentary Fermat’s Last Theorem for the Horizon series. The definitive account of Bletchley Park's heroics during World War II, Sebag-Montefiore's classic volume highlights not only the brilliance of professors and mathematicians but also spies and soldiers in enemy territory who risked their lives to obtain crucial codebooks. McKay traces the increasingly sophisticated use and decryption of coded texts to wage and win wars, to woo lovers, and to conceal esoteric or scientific knowledge throughout the centuries.It is especially good on the most recent developments, such as quantum cryptology and the thorny civil liberties issues raised by the advent of very secure cipher systems over the Internet. A groundbreaking work of military history, The Secret Code-Breakers of Central Bureau gives these talented and dedicated individuals their due at last.
Remarkables REMARKABLES Intriguing, stunning, or otherwise remarkable books These include fine editions, foreign publications that are exceptional for their interest or production, special editions and some first-rate books from very small publishers. Packed full of history and information this book also includes hands-on activities to replicate early code devices, learn several different codes and ciphers , and hide a secret message inside a hollow egg!
A treasure chest with a plethora of historical illustrations and photos chronicling cryptography dating from centuries ago all the way up to today. I’m now better informed about falsehoods that I had assumed, and glad that I now (with this book) have the best opportunity to learn what I did not know before, such as “Hill Climbing” codebreaking techniques (Ch 16). Kahn’s analysis of American cryptographic operations during WWII is essential reading for anyone who wants to understand the intelligence failures that preceded Pearl Harbor. Genetic destiny is a central theme of The Code Breaker, Isaacson’s portrait of the gene-editing pioneer Jennifer Doudna, who, with a small army of other scientists, handed humanity the first really effective tools to shape it.
It provides solid historical and cryptanalytic and linguistic background knowledge and it has great educational value. One of the earliest accounts of Bletchley and the Enigma, written by one of the most important codebreakers. There are so many great kids books that include secret codes and ciphers in their stories, and even more non-fiction books about the history of codes and ciphers, plus some awesome hands-on coding activity books. Emerald/Band 15 books provide a widening range of genres including science fiction and biography, prompting more ways to respond to texts. Simon Singh goes into various types of codes and ciphers, basing their use in a historical setting and also explaining how to use them and how to crack them - and the way it's written is hugely engaging and informative.Kids of all ages love learning about and using secret codes and there are books on this list for kids aged 5-16+. Many specimens with images, ranging from encrypted postcards to historical messages, are conveniently classified in chapters and their solutions are explained. That being said, I could hardly imagine even approaching the problems Elonka Dunin and Klaus Schmeh have tackled. Where better to start than German encoding equipment that confounded the Allies during World War Two?
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