Codes, Ciphers and Secret Writing by Martin Gardner (English) Paperback Book

Description: Codes, Ciphers and Secret Writing by Martin Gardner 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. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description 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. "A fascinating, challenging book." - A.L.A. Booklist Learn to use the most important codes and methods of secret communication in use since ancient times. Cipher and decipher codes used by spies. Explore the famous codes that changed the fate of nations and political leaders. And enjoy hours of fun experimenting with cryptography ? the science of secret writing. Beginning with simple letter substitutions and transposition ciphers, world-famous science writer Martin Gardner explains how to break complicated polyalphabetical ciphers and codes worked with grids, squares, triangles, and charts. Youll learn codes that are keyed to typewriters and telephone dials... even codes that use playing cards, knots, and swizzle sticks. Experiment with invisible writing - inks that glow in black light and turn red under heat - and explore the possibilities of sending messages through outer space to unknown worlds. Using this book, you can solve the historically famous Playfair Cipher used by Australia in World War II, the Pigpen Cipher used by Confederate soldiers during the Civil War, Thomas Jeffersons Wheel Cipher, the Beaufort system used by the British Royal Navy, codes devised by authors for heroes in literature ? Sherlock Holmes, Captain Kidd, and the Shadow. And you will enjoy experimenting with bizarre methods of message sending - the Dot Code, Knot Code, Swizzle Code, and more. Young cryptanalysts, cipher fans, and puzzlists of all ages will find hours of intrigue and challenge in Codes, Ciphers and Secret Writing. Back Cover "A fascinating, challenging book." A.L.A. Booklist Learn to use the most important codes and methods of secret communication in use since ancient times. Cipher and decipher codes used by spies. Explore the famous codes that changed the fate of nations and political leaders. And enjoy hours of fun experimenting with cryptographythe science of secret writing. Beginning with simple letter substitutions and transposition ciphers, world-famous science writer Martin Gardner explains how to break complicated polyalphabetical ciphers and codes worked with grids, squares, triangles, and charts. Youll learn codes that are keyed to typewriters and telephone dials . . . even codes that use playing cards, knots, and swizzle sticks. Experiment with invisible writinginks that glow in black light and turn red under heatand explore the possibilities of sending messages through outer space to unknown worlds. Using this book, you can solve the historically famous Playfair Cipher used by Australia in World War II, the Pigpen Cipher used by Confederate soldiers during the Civil War, Thomas Jeffersons Wheel Cipher, the Beaufort system used by the British Royal Navy, codes devised by authors for heroes in literatureSherlock Holmes, Captain Kidd, and the Shadow. And you will enjoy experimenting with bizarre methods of message sendingthe Dot Code, Knot Code, Swizzle Code, and more. Young cryptanalysts, cipher fans, and puzzlists of all ages will find hours of intrigue and challenge in Codes, Ciphers and Secret Writing. "A stimulating must for the intermediate cryptographer." The Kirkus Reviews Unabridged Dover (1984) republication of the work originally published by Simon & Schuster, 1972. Author Biography Martin Gardner was a renowned author who published over 70 books on subjects from science and math to poetry and religion. He also had a lifelong passion for magic tricks and puzzles. Well known for his mathematical games column in Scientific American and his "Trick of the Month" in Physics Teacher magazine, Gardner attracted a loyal following with his intelligence, wit, and imagination. Martin Gardner: A Remembrance The worldwide mathematical community was saddened by the death of Martin Gardner on May 22, 2010. Martin was 95 years old when he died, and had written 70 or 80 books during his long lifetime as an author. Martins first Dover books were published in 1956 and 1957: Mathematics, Magic and Mystery, one of the first popular books on the intellectual excitement of mathematics to reach a wide audience, and Fads and Fallacies in the Name of Science, certainly one of the first popular books to cast a devastatingly skeptical eye on the claims of pseudoscience and the many guises in which the modern world has given rise to it. Both of these pioneering books are still in print with Dover today along with more than a dozen other titles of Martins books. They run the gamut from his elementary Codes, Ciphers and Secret Writing, which has been enjoyed by generations of younger readers since the 1980s, to the more demanding The New Ambidextrous Universe: Symmetry and Asymmetry from Mirror Reflections to Superstrings, which Dover published in its final revised form in 2005. To those of us who have been associated with Dover for a long time, however, Martin was more than an author, albeit a remarkably popular and successful one. As a member of the small group of long-time advisors and consultants, which included NYUs Morris Kline in mathematics, Harvards I. Bernard Cohen in the history of science, and MITs J. P. Den Hartog in engineering, Martins advice and editorial suggestions in the formative 1950s helped to define the Dover publishing program and give it the point of view which - despite many changes, new directions, and the consequences of evolution - continues to be operative today. In the Authors Own Words: "Politicians, real-estate agents, used-car salesmen, and advertising copy-writers are expected to stretch facts in self-serving directions, but scientists who falsify their results are regarded by their peers as committing an inexcusable crime. Yet the sad fact is that the history of science swarms with cases of outright fakery and instances of scientists who unconsciously distorted their work by seeing it through lenses of passionately held beliefs." "A surprising proportion of mathematicians are accomplished musicians. Is it because music and mathematics share patterns that are beautiful?" - Martin Gardner Table of Contents Introduction 1. Easy Transposition Ciphers 2. Easy Substitution Ciphers 3. How to Break Substitution Ciphers 4. Hard-to-break Polyalphabetic Ciphers 5. Simple Code Machines 6. Invisible Writing 7. Bizarre Methods of Message Sending 8. Codes for Other Worlds References for Further Reading Kirkus US Review Drawing extensively (and with due acknowledgement) on Kahns exhaustive 1,164-page Code-breakers (1967) and on Gardners own considerable expertise in the field of mathematical games and puzzles, this is a stimulating must for the intermediate cryptographer who has outgrown Zims model introduction and wants more nitty-gritty brainwork than Laffins historical treatment provides. Gardner covers easy transposition and substitution ciphers and harder polyalphabetic ones, as well as grilles (grids), various kinds of invisible writing and "bizarre methods" of sending codes, with examples, anecdotes, a little theory, and instructions on breaking and composing ciphers. He explains even the more difficult examples with admirable clarity, alludes to literature (frequently), history, math and science (including the genetic code) with fingertip control, ends with a discussion of radio codes prepared for interplanetary communication, and appends an excellent annotated bibliography. (Kirkus Reviews) Long Description 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. Details ISBN0486247619 Author Martin Gardner Short Title CODES CIPHERS & SECRET WRITING Pages 96 Language English ISBN-10 0486247619 ISBN-13 9780486247618 Media Book Format Paperback Imprint Dover Publications Inc. Place of Publication New York Country of Publication United States Illustrations 45 diagrams Birth 1914 Audience Age 9-12 Residence Hendersonville, NC, US Death 2010 DOI 10.1604/9780486247618 UK Release Date 2003-03-28 AU Release Date 2003-03-28 NZ Release Date 2003-03-28 US Release Date 2003-03-28 Publisher Dover Publications Inc. Series Dover Childrens Activity Books Year 2003 Publication Date 2003-03-28 DEWEY 001.5436 Audience General We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:35442706;

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