Hidden Codes and Grand Designs - Pierre Berloquin

Hidden Codes and Grand Designs

Secret Languages from Ancient Times to Modern Day
Buch | Softcover
384 Seiten
2010
Sterling (Verlag)
978-1-4027-7300-6 (ISBN)
18,20 inkl. MwSt
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Ingenious methods for encoding secrets have taken many amazing turns through the ages, from the military signals the Romans flashed from hilltop to hilltop, to the computer codes that guard your cash at the ATM. With more than 150 brain-teasing problems, this title offers a journey beyond the gee-wizz and into the how-to of codes.
Did the Masons encode messages in walls - and even in the street plan of Washington, D.C.? Does the "Hebrew Bible" conceal hidden mysteries? Ingenious methods for encoding secrets have taken many amazing turns through the ages, from the military signals the Romans flashed from hilltop to hilltop, to the computer codes that guard your cash at the ATM. Pierre Berloquin, one of France's leading puzzle book authors, takes you on a tour of them all in a book full of astonishing historical insights. With more than 150 brain-teasing problems for readers to solve for themselves, this is a journey beyond the gee-wizz and deep into the how-to of codes, ciphers and other secret communication systems.

Pierre Berloquin is one of France's leading authors of books of puzzles and games. he lives in Paris

Erscheint lt. Verlag 13.5.2010
Zusatzinfo b/w throughout, includes illustrations
Sprache englisch
Maße 178 x 229 mm
Themenwelt Sachbuch/Ratgeber Freizeit / Hobby Spielen / Raten
Informatik Theorie / Studium Kryptologie
ISBN-10 1-4027-7300-5 / 1402773005
ISBN-13 978-1-4027-7300-6 / 9781402773006
Zustand Neuware
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