Description
| Product ID: | 9780486247618 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | US |
| Series: | Dover Children's Activity Books |
| Title: | Codes, Ciphers and Secret Writing |
| Authors: | Author: Martin Gardner |
| Page Count: | 96 |
| Subjects: | Linguistics, linguistics |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating 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 space. 45 diagrams. "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. |
| Imprint Name: | Dover Publications Inc. |
| Publisher Name: | Dover Publications Inc. |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2003-03-28 |
