The Codebreaker's Handbook

Herbie Brennan (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

144 Seiten

2006 | Main
Faber & Faber (Verlag)
978-0-571-22461-6 (ISBN)

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Serves as a guide for a cryptographer and code-buster. This work includes: codebreaking methods, examples and tests; how to develop complex ciphers; tools for encrypting messages, from invisible ink to computer pixels; and, a history of how codes and ciphers have developed, taking in the ancient Greeks, the Kama Sutra,and computer ciphers.

A must-have book for secret agents in the making.

Ever wondered how to make and crack codes and ciphers? Herbie Brennan's essential guide contains everything a serious cryptographer and code-buster needs, including:

- Codebreaking methods, examples and tests
- How to develop complex ciphers
- Tools for encrypting messages, from invisible ink to computer pixels
- A history of how codes and ciphers have developed, taking in the ancient Greeks, the Kama Sutra, the Enigma machine and computer ciphers

And much, much more!

Contains black-and-white illustrations throughout.

Herbie Brennan's work has appeared in more than fifty countries. He began a journalistic career when he was eighteen and at twenty-four became the youngest newspaper editor in his native Ireland. He is now a full-time writer of both fact and fiction for both adults and children, with several international bestsellers to his name. He lives with his wife and eight cats in a rectory in Ireland.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	6.4.2006
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	127 x 197 mm
Gewicht	110 g
Themenwelt	Informatik ► Theorie / Studium ► Kryptologie
ISBN-10	0-571-22461-X / 057122461X
ISBN-13	978-0-571-22461-6 / 9780571224616
Zustand	Neuware