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Codes, ciphers, and secret writing
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Codes, ciphers, and secret writing

Author: Martin Gardner
Publisher: New York : Dover, 1984, ©1972.
Edition/Format: Book : EnglishView all editions and formats
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Experiment with cryptography-the science of secret writing. 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 outer space. Hours of intrigue and challenge.
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Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Martin Gardner
ISBN: 0486247619 : 9780486247618
OCLC Number: 10725923
Notes: Reprint. Originally published: New York : Simon and Schuster, c1972.
Description: 96 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Responsibility: Martin Gardner.
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Experiment with cryptography-the science of secret writing. 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 outer space. Hours of intrigue and challenge.

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