Title Codes, ciphers, and cartography : math goes to war / Terry Burrows.

Publication Info.

Minneapolis, Minn. : Lerner Publications, [2018]

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Location	Call No.	Status
Cheshire Public Library - Children's Department	J 652.8 BURROWS	Check Shelf

Description	48 pages : illustrations (some color), maps ; 24 cm.
Series	STEM on the battlefield
	STEM on the battlefield.
Audience	Age 9-12.
	Grade 4 to 6.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (page 47) and index.
Contents	Math at war -- Navigation -- Military cartography -- Codes and ciphers -- Code breaking -- Ballistics -- Codes in World War II -- Breaking the Enigma code -- Aeronautics -- Logistics -- Statistics and records -- Timeline.
Summary	Examines the ways in which mathematics has been used in warfare, from navigation, mapping, and ballistics to the use and breaking of codes and cyphers, especially the World War II Engima system, logistics, and record-keeping.
Subject	World War (1939-1945) (OCoLC)fst01180924
	Ciphers -- Juvenile literature.
	Cryptography -- Juvenile literature.
	Cartography -- Juvenile literature.
	World War, 1939-1945 -- Cryptography -- Juvenile literature.
	Ciphers.
	Cryptography.
	Cartography.
	World War, 1939-1945 -- Cryptography.
	Cartography. (OCoLC)fst00848025
	Ciphers. (OCoLC)fst00861549
	Cryptography. (OCoLC)fst00884552
Chronological Term	1939-1945
Genre/Form	Juvenile works. (OCoLC)fst01411637
Other Form:	Online version: Burrows, Terry, 1963- Codes, ciphers, and cartography. Minneapolis : Lerner Publications, [2018] 9781512449495 (DLC) 2017008464
ISBN	9781512439274 (lib. bdg. ; alk. paper)
	1512439274 (lib. bdg. ; alk. paper)

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