Codes Ciphers And Secret Writing Martin Gardner by Martin Gardner 9780486320311, 0486320316 instant download after payment.

""A fascinating, challenging book.""--A.L.A. Booklist . 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. 45 diagrams.
Abstract: ""A fascinating, challenging book.""--A.L.A. Booklist . 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. 45 diagrams.