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020    0802715478:|c$19.95 
020    9780802715470 
035    (OCoLC)72056763 
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049    CKEA 
090    Z104|b.P56 2006 
092    652.809|bP647c 
100 1  Pincock, Stephen. 
245 10 Codebreaker :|bthe history of codes and ciphers, from the 
       ancient pharaohs to quantum cryptography /|cStephen 
       Pincock. 
246 30 History of codes and ciphers 
250    First U.S. ed. 
264  1 New York :|bWalker & Company,|c[2006] 
264  4 |c©2006 
300    176 pages :|billustrations (some color) ;|c23 cm 
336    text|btxt|2rdacontent 
337    unmediated|bn|2rdamedia 
338    volume|bnc|2rdacarrier 
504    Includes bibliographical references (page 176) and index. 
505 0  1. Originality -- Unbroken codes : the Phaistos disk -- 
       Cultural codes : holy codes -- Cultural codes : codes of 
       the Kama Sutra -- 2. Ingenuity -- Cultural codes : 
       Rosslyn's secrets : hidden meaning in architecture and 
       music -- Unbroken codes : the most mysterious book : the 
       Voynich manuscript -- Unbroken codes : the man in the iron
       mask -- 3. Wit -- Specific codes : the ingenious professor
       Babbage -- Specific codes : the Playfair cipher -- 
       Unbroken codes : hidden treasure, hidden meaning, the 
       Beale papers -- Unbroken codes : the Dorabella cipher, 
       Elgar's other enigma -- 4. Perseverance -- Specific codes 
       : the enigma machine -- Specific codes : invisible ink and
       other tools of the spying trade -- Specific codes : purple
       and Pearl Harbor -- 5. Speed -- Unbroken codes : the 
       Zodiac killer -- Specific codes : cracking Poe's Graham 
       magazine cipher -- Cultural codes : codes in fiction -- 6.
       Vision -- Specific codes : the cat came back -- Specific 
       codes : quantum cryptography, being in two places at once 
       -- Specific codes : quantum cryptography in a box of 
       chocolates -- Appendix. Code challenge -- Glossary. 
650  0 Cryptography. 
650  0 Cryptography|xHistory. 
650  0 Ciphers. 
650  0 Ciphers|xHistory. 
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