Codebreaking: A Practical Guide - Elonka Dunin and Klaus Schmeh
Codebreaking: A Practical Guide - Elonka Dunin and Klaus Schmeh
Written by world-renowned experts Elonka Dunin and Klaus Schmeh, this is the definitive practical guide to manual codebreaking and cryptogram solving.
Tired of basic books? This guide fills the gap, describing common historical encryption techniques and providing the methods you need to detect and break them. Its focus is on pencil-and-paper encryption—the foundation of classic codebreaking.
What's Inside:
Practical Techniques: Learn how to decipher historical and manual codes.
Famous Unsolved Mysteries: Dive into real-world challenges, including the Voynich Manuscript, the Zodiac Killer's messages, and encrypted wartime documents.
For Every Enthusiast: Whether you're obsessed with famous crypto-mysteries like Kryptos (at CIA HQ), a fan of complex puzzles, a historian, a geocacher, or a computer gamer, this book will sharpen your skills and give you the tools to uncover long-hidden secrets.
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Review
'The best book on codebreaking I have read' - Sir Dermot Turing
‘Brings back the joy I felt when I first read about these things as a kid' - Phil Zimmermann
‘This is at last the single book on codebreaking that you must have. If you are not yet addicted to cryptography, this book will get you addicted. Read, enjoy, and test yourself on history's great still-unbroken messages!' - Jared Diamond is the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Guns, Germs, and Steel; Collapse; and other international bestsellers
'This is THE book about codebreaking. Very concise, very inclusive and easy to read' - Ed Scheidt
'Riveting' - Mike Gogwin
'Approachable and compelling' - Glen Miranker
528 printed pages
