Codes, Ciphers, Secrets and Cryptic Communication: Making and Breaking Sercet Messages from Hieroglyphocs to the Internet

By Fred B. Wrixon

Book Overview

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

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1579124852
• ISBN13: 9781579124854
• Release Date: September 2005
• Publisher: Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers
• Length: 704 Pages
• Weight: 1.91 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.8" x 6.8" x 7.6"