Codes, Ciphers, Secrets, and Cryptic Communication by Fred B Wrixon

Codes, Ciphers, Secrets, and Cryptic Communication by Fred B Wrixon

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About making and breaking secret messages from hieroglyphs to the Internet. This book is about the fascinating world of codes - from deciphering ancient hieroglyphics to the cipher machines used in wartime and modern computer cryptology for encoding financial transactions.

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Codes, Ciphers, Secrets, and Cryptic Communication by Fred B Wrixon

Covert communications have won or lost wars, exposed political intrigue, disguised secret religions and societies, and secured financial transactions. This immensely readable world history of clandestine communication--finally in paperback--includes illustrations, diagrams, and puzzles that instruct readers how to become amateur cryptographers. It's the last word on secret languages
Fred B. Wrixon is an expert in codes, military history and espionage. He has written three books including Codes, Ciphers and Secret Languages, Codes and Ciphers and 2440 Questions and Answers. He often spends his free time exchanging code deciphering puzzles with friends. He lives in the Ohio River Valley.
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ISBN 13 9781579124854
ISBN 10 1579124852
Title Codes, Ciphers, Secrets, and Cryptic Communication
Author Fred B Wrixon
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Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers Inc
Year published 2005-10-01
Number of pages 704
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.
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