Codes, Ciphers, and Secret Writing

Codes, Ciphers, and Secret Writing - Dover Children's Activity Books

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Publisher's Synopsis

"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.

Book information

ISBN: 9780486247618
Publisher: Dover Publications Inc.
Imprint: Dover Publications
Pub date:
DEWEY: 001.5436
DEWEY edition: 19
Language: English
Number of pages: 96
Weight: 128g
Height: 216mm
Width: 137mm
Spine width: 6mm