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Codes, Ciphers and Secret Writing
  • Publisher: Dover Publications Inc
  • Edition: BC Paperback
  • Publication: 28 March 2003
  • ISBN 13/EAN: 9780486247618
  • Stock: Temporarily Out of Stock
  • Size: 136x214 mm
  • Pages: 96
  • RRP: £5.99
  • Series: Dover Children's Activity Books
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Codes, Ciphers and Secret Writing

£5.99

by Martin Gardner (Author)


Book Description

"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.

About the Author

About Martin Gardner

Martin Gardner was a renowned author who published over 70 books on subjects from science and math to poetry and religion. He also had a lifelong passion for magic tricks and puzzles. Well known for his mathematical games column in Scientific American and his "Trick of the Month" in Physics Teacher magazine, Gardner attracted a loyal following with his intelligence, wit, and imagination.



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