| BIBLIOGRAPHY |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 161-162, 165-166), glossary and index. |
| NOTE |
Accelerated Reader MG 9.5 5 133418 |
| Contents |
Clay, wax, and Greece (1500 BCE-100 BCE) -- The rise and fall of Rome (100 BCE-500 CE) -- (og) Ham and bacon (500 CE-1412 CE) -- A disk, a grille, and a tableau (1412 CE-1586 CE) -- Babington, beer, and Baconian biliteralism (1586 CE - 1603 CE) -- Prisons, pigpens, and black chambers (1603 CE-1775 CE) -- The two revolutions (1775 CE-1837 CE) -- Security suffers some severe setbacks (1837 CE-1863 CE) -- The blue and the gray (and the green, and the brown) (1863 CE-1883 CE) -- Agony, dancing men, and buried treasure (1883 CE-1901 CE) -- The manuscript, the machine, and the Mexican message (1901 CE-1924 CE) -- Romance, rum and Romaji (1924 CE-1939 CE) -- Hounds, magicians, and Indians (1939 CE-1945 CE) -- Bookies, spies and POWs (1945 CE-1974 CE) -- Colossus, Lucifer, and Kryptos (1945 CE-) -- Notes on quotes -- Glossary -- Selected sources -- To learn more about codes and ciphers -- Index. |
| Summary |
Provides an overview of various types of codes that were used throughout history to send secret messages, including those used by Spartan warriors and Elizabeth I, along with an examination of how the Enigma Machine worked and a review of spy books from the Civil War. |
| Subject |
Cryptography -- History -- Juvenile literature.
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Ciphers -- History -- Juvenile literature.
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| Other title |
History of codes and ciphers. |
| ISBN |
9780525479604
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0525479600
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