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- Codes, ciphers & other cryptic & clandestine communication : making and breaking secret messages from hieroglyphs to the Internet / by Wrixon, Fred B.(CARDINAL)744437;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 681-696) and index.- Subjects: Cryptography.; Ciphers.;
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- The codebreakers : the story of secret writing / by Kahn, David,1930-(CARDINAL)131333;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 985-987) and index.This updated edition of the classic history of codes and ciphers--how they work, how they are broken, and the roles they have played in war and peace--has also been expanded to include a new final chapter on computer security issues- Subjects: Cryptography;
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- Codebreaking : a practical guide / by Dunin, Elonka,author.(CARDINAL)880340; Schmeh, Klaus,author.(CARDINAL)877844;
Includes bibliographical references and index.Preface -- How can I break an encrypted message? And other introductory questions -- The Caesar cipher -- Simple substitution ciphers -- Simple substitution ciphers without spaces between words: Patristocrats -- Simple substitution ciphers in non-English languages -- Homophonic ciphers -- Codes and nomenclators -- Polyalphabetic ciphers -- Complete columnar transposition ciphers -- Incomplete columnar transposition ciphers -- Turning grille transposition ciphers -- Turning grille transposition ciphers -- Abbreviation ciphers -- Dictionary codes and book ciphers -- Additional encryption methods -- Solving ciphers with hill climbing -- What next? -- Appendix A: Kryptos -- Appendix B: Useful language statistics -- Appendix C: Glossary -- Appendix D: Morse Code Table -- Appendix E: Figure sources -- Appendix F: References -- Index."Teaches how to break encrypted texts, whether by hand or using free computer tools. Covers specific cryptographic techniques and includes real-life examples of encrypted text, from modern postcards to nineteenth-century newspaper ads, telegrams, notes smuggled into prisons, and entire encrypted books"--- Subjects: Cryptography.; Ciphers.;
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- The book of codes : understanding the world of hidden messages : an illustrated guide to signs, symbols, ciphers, and secret languages / by Lunde, Paul,1943-(CARDINAL)736557;
ENCODING THE WORLD: Describing time -- Describing form -- Force and motion -- Mathematics: the indescribable -- The periodic table -- Defining the world -- Encoding the landscape -- Navigation -- Taxonomy -- The genetic code -- Genetic ancestry -- Using the genetic code -- CODES OF CIVILIZATION: Codes of construction -- Taoist mysticism -- South Asian sacred imagery -- The language of Buddhism -- The patterns of Islam -- Mysteries of the North -- Medieval visual sermons -- Stained glass windows -- Renaissance iconography -- The age of reason -- Victoriana -- Textiles, carpets, and embroidery -- CODES OF COMMERCE: Commercial codes -- Brands & trademarks -- Makers' marks -- Codes of work -- Currency and counterfeits -- The book in your hands -- CODES OF HUMAN BEHAVIOR: Body language -- Survival signals -- Sporting codes -- Etiquette -- Dressing your message -- Heraldry -- Formal dress codes -- Decoding the unconscious -- The language of dreams -- VISUAL CODES: Signs & signage -- Highway codes -- Challenged communication -- Describing music -- Musical scores -- Animal talk -- Extraterrestrials -- IMAGINARY CODES: Modern magic and mayhem -- The Bible code -- The Beale Papers -- Mystery and imagination -- Fantasy codes -- Doomsday codes -- THE DIGITAL AGE. The first computers -- Supercomputers -- Talking to computers -- Alice, Bob, & Eve -- Future medicine -- Where are codes taking us?THE FIRST CODES: Reading the landscape -- Tracking animals -- Bushcraft signs -- Early petroglyphs -- First writing systems -- Reading cuneiform -- Alphabets and scripts -- The evolution of numerical systems -- Linear A & Linear B -- The Phaistos disc -- The mystery of hieroglyphs -- Hieroglyphs revealed -- The riddle of the Maya -- Indigenous traditions -- SECTS, SYMBOLS, & SECRET SOCIETIES: Early Christians -- The pentangle -- Divination -- Heresies, sects and cults -- Rosslyn Chapel -- Alchemy -- Kabbalism -- Necromancy -- Rosicrucians -- Freemasons -- CODES FOR SECRECY: The art of concealment -- For your eyes only -- Frequency analysis -- Disguising ciphers -- Medieval cipher systems -- The Babington plot -- The da Vinci code -- Ciphertexts and keys -- Grilles -- Spies and black chambers -- Mechanical devices -- Hidden in plain sight -- COMMUNICATING AT A DISTANCE: Long-distance alarms -- Flag signals -- Semaphore and the telegraph -- Morse code -- Person to person -- CODES OF WAR: Classical codes of war -- The 'indecipherable' code -- The great cipher -- 19th-century innovations -- Military map codes -- Field signals -- The Zimmermann telegram -- Enigma: the 'unbreakable' system -- WWII codes and code breakers -- Cracking enigma -- Navajo windtalkers -- Cold war codes -- CODES OF THE UNDERWORLD: Street slang -- From Samurai to Yakuza -- Cockney rhyming slang -- The Mob -- Ramblers' sign language -- Cops and codes -- The zodiac mystery -- The zodiac legacy -- Graffiti -- Youth codes -- Digital subversion --- Subjects: Ciphers.; Cryptography.;
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- Location tracker puzzles / by Moore, Gareth,author.(CARDINAL)681666;
Take on the role of an adventurous master code-breaker on the hunt for hidden treasure!Find your way by deciphering mysterious maps, revealing coordinates, cracking codes, and more! Colorful and immersive illustrations bring exciting detective scenarios to life.3456.- Subjects: Puzzles and games.; Cryptography; Puzzles; Cryptography.;
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- Tech decoder puzzles / by Moore, Dr. Gareth,author.;
Take on the role of a tech-savvy detective on a mission to hack into a criminal gang's computer system to reveal important information! Can you crack passcodes, open cryptic files, and find information hidden in computer code before you are discovered? Colorful and immersive illustrations bring exciting detective scenarios to life.- Subjects: Puzzles and games.; Cryptography; Puzzles; Cryptography.;
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- Codes and ciphers / by Callery, Sean.;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 186-188) and index.- Subjects: Cryptography.; Ciphers.; Espionage.;
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- Mensa presents secret codes for kids / by Allen, Robert.(CARDINAL)416092;
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- Subjects: Cryptography.; Riddles, Juvenile.;
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- The secret code book / by Huckle, Helen.(CARDINAL)385473;
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- Subjects: Cryptography;
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- The codebreakers : the story of secret writing. by Kahn, David,1930-(CARDINAL)131333;
Includes bibliographical references.- Subjects: Cryptography; Cryptographers.;
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