The Cryptogram Challenge: Over 150 Codes to Crack and Ciphers to Break

Robert Allen

ISBN 10: 1560257148 / ISBN 13: 9781560257141

Published by Running Press Book Publishers, 2005

About this Item

There has never been a better time for codes and cryptograms. With the phenomenal success of The Da Vinci Code, cryptology has reached a mainstream audience. For thousands of years the code makers and code breakers have battled for possession of vital secrets. This book contains many of the ingenious codes that have been weapons in that ongoing conflict. It gives readers an inside look at some of historyâ s most groundbreaking codesâ "by everyone from Caesar and Leonardo to Norman Schwarzkopfâ "detailing how each code was constructed and how it was used. With one hundred illustrations and seventy-five messages for readers to decipher, The Cryptogram Challenge is both instructive and entertaining, offering readers of all ability levels a chance to test their knowledge of code cracking, and an invaluable insight into some of the greatest written languages in history.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Cryptogram Challenge: Over 150 Codes to Crack and Ciphers to Break
• Publisher: Running Press Book Publishers
• Publication Date: 2005
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1560257148
• ISBN 13: 9781560257141
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

There has never been a better time for codes and cryptograms. With the phenomenal success of The Da Vinci Code, cryptology has reached a mainstream audience. For thousands of years the code makers and code breakers have battled for possession of vital secrets. This book contains many of the ingenious codes that have been weapons in that ongoing conflict. It gives readers an inside look at some of history’s most groundbreaking codes—by everyone from Caesar and Leonardo to Norman Schwarzkopf—detailing how each code was constructed and how it was used. With one hundred illustrations and seventy-five messages for readers to decipher, The Cryptogram Challenge is both instructive and entertaining, offering readers of all ability levels a chance to test their knowledge of code cracking, and an invaluable insight into some of the greatest written languages in history.

About the Author

For ten years, Robert Allen was Editorial Director of Mensa Publications and became one of the founders of Carlton Books' puzzle list. He now has a couple of dozen puzzle books to his credit and has been published all over the world. He lives in a village on the outskirts of Cambridge.