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Item Information   Holdings     Summary     More Content       More by this author     Bauer, Craig P., author.     Subjects     Ciphers -- History.     Ciphers -- Problems, exercises, etc.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Bauer, Craig P., author.       by title:      Unsolved! : the hist...         MARC Display

Unsolved! : the history and mystery of the world's greatest ciphers from ancient Egypt to online secret societies / Craig P. Bauer. by Bauer, Craig P., author. Princeton : Princeton University Press, c2017. Subjects Ciphers -- History.   Ciphers -- Problems, exercises, etc. ISBN:  9780691167671 (hardcover) : 0691167672 (hardcover) Description:  x, 620 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm Contents:  A king's quest -- Ancient ciphers -- Dorabella -- Zodiac -- More killer ciphers -- From the victims -- From beyond the grave? -- A challenge cipher -- More challenge ciphers -- Long ciphers -- ET and RSA. Requests:  0 Summary:  "In 1953, a man was found dead from cyanide poisoning near the Philadelphia airport with a picture of a Nazi aircraft in his wallet. Taped to his abdomen was an enciphered message. In 1912, a book dealer named Wilfrid Voynich came into possession of an illuminated cipher manuscript once belonging to Emperor Rudolf II, who was obsessed with alchemy and the occult. Wartime codebreakers tried--and failed--to unlock the book's secrets, and it remains an enigma to this day. In this lively and entertaining book, Craig Bauer examines these and other vexing ciphers yet to be cracked. Some may reveal the identity of a spy or serial killer, provide the location of buried treasure, or expose a secret society--while others may be elaborate hoaxes. Unsolved! begins by explaining the basics of cryptology, and then explores the history behind an array of unsolved ciphers. It looks at ancient ciphers, ciphers created by artists and composers, ciphers left by killers and victims, Cold War ciphers, and many others. Some are infamous, like the ciphers in the Zodiac letters, while others were created purely as intellectual challenges by figures such as Nobel Prize-winning physicist Richard P. Feynman. Bauer lays out the evidence surrounding each cipher, describes the efforts of geniuses and eccentrics--in some cases both--to decipher it, and invites readers to try their hand at puzzles that have stymied so many others. Unsolved! takes readers from the ancient world to the digital age, providing an amazing tour of many of history's greatest unsolved ciphers"--   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Status   Nanakuli Public Library Adult Nonfiction 005.82409 Ba Checked In Add Copy to MyList

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