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The hidden history of code-breaking : the secret world of cyphers, uncrackable codes, and elusive encryptions / Sinclair McKay.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- McKay, Sinclair, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Ciphers--History.
- Ciphers.
- Cryptography--History.
- Cryptography.
- Genre:
- History.
- Physical Description:
- 391 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Edition:
- First Pegasus Books cloth edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Pegasus Books, 2023.
- Summary:
- A fascinating exploration of the uncrackable codes and secret cyphers that helped win wars, spark revolutions and change the faces of nations.
- Contents:
- The codes of the ancients
- The cipher masterminds
- The bible enigmas
- Pyramid power
- The secret ciphers of love
- The axeman's enigmas
- The poetry of codes
- Victorian encryptions
- Ciphers of the great war
- A continent of codes
- Enigma and its variations
- The star-spangled cryptographers
- Codes from the future
- Answers.
- ISBN:
- 9781639364343
- 163936434X
- OCLC:
- 1347429818
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