Secret Codes & Number Games: Cryptographic Projects & Number Games for Children Ages 5-16 - Softcover

Gualtieri Ph.D., Dr. Dev

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1942459017 ISBN 13: 9781942459019

Publisher: Tikalon LLC, 2014

Synopsis

Children enjoy making and sending secret messages. Secret message making, called cryptography, has become much more interesting with the advent of computers and the Internet. It's interesting to learn the basics and understand what's happening "under the hood" of cryptographic applications. This book has a spectrum of content that's interesting to children of all ages. It gives instructions on how to encode messages in a variety of simple and complex ways. Children can create messages using traditional ciphers, some used for thousands of years. Messages can be coded through conventional techniques, such as Morse Code, semaphores, and Braille, but messages can be encoded also as music, pigs and flowers. Advanced cryptography uses a lot of mathematics, but this book shields the younger readers from most of the math. However, a few interesting number games are included, and ways to create art from words and phrases.

About this title

About the Author

Dev Gualtieri received his PhD in 1974 and had a thirty-five year research career in physics and materials science. He is listed as an inventor on thirty-five US patents, and on numerous international patents. His eclectic research interests included superconductivity, chemical thermodynamics, magnetism, electronics and computer science. At one time, he was an internationally recognized expert in crystal growth. Dr. Gualtieri is now retired, and he resides in Northern New Jersey with his wife, Anne. They have a son and daughter who reside with their spouses in Pennsylvania.

Edition details

• Publisher: Tikalon LLC
• Publication date: 2014
• ISBN 10: 1942459017
• ISBN 13: 9781942459019
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 90