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Cracking Codes and Cryptograms For Dummies Paperback - 2009 - 1st Edition
by Denise Sutherland, Mark Koltko-Rivera,
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- Title Cracking Codes and Cryptograms For Dummies
- Author Denise Sutherland, Mark Koltko-Rivera,
- Binding Paperback
- Edition number 1st
- Edition 1
- Condition New
- Pages 336
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher For Dummies
- Publication date 2009-11-01
- Features Bibliography, Index, Price on Product - Canadian, Table of Contents
- Bookseller's Inventory # 6950070-n
- ISBN 9780470591000 / 0470591005
- Weight 0.74 lbs (0.34 kg)
- Dimensions 8.5 x 5.56 x 0.73 in (21.59 x 14.12 x 1.85 cm)
- Category Games / Gamebooks / Crosswords
- Library of Congress Catalogue Number 2009937275
- Dewey Decimal Code 793
- Quantity available 5
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From the rear cover
Solve compelling and challengingpuzzles to uncover secrets andconspiracy plots
Fascinated with the culture of conspiracy? Uncover the mysteries and test your knowledge of secret societies by solving cryptograms and deciphering codes that not only unveil historical fact and fiction but entertain you as well. Walk in the footsteps of a symbologist by solving everything from the simplest puzzles to fiendishly difficult ciphers, using secret codes and lost symbols.
- Think like a symbologist -- discover a variety of codes and wordplay and the strategies for solving each one
- Build your code-cracking skills -- work your way from solving simple cryptograms to difficult Masonic and double level ciphers
- Uncover a bigger mystery -- use the answers you discover to solve three conspiracy stories contained in the book
- Appreciate the history of code and encryption -- reveal the secret world of Freemasonry, the Illuminati, and the Knights Templar
- Check your work -- find hints and answers for all the book's puzzles
Open the book and find:
- Over 350 handcrafted cryptograms and ciphers of varying types
- Tips and tricks for cracking even the toughest code
- An introduction to the history and relevance of using code
- Puzzle strategies and hints to help nudge you in the right direction
- Fun and intriguing anagrams and story wordplay puzzles
- Fascinating number ciphers that reference the keypad letters on your cellphone
- Puzzles of all levels: Easy, Tricky, and Treacherous
Learn to:
- Expose conspiracies like the characters do in Dan Brown's The Lost Symbol
- Decipher cryptic puzzles
- Understand the role coded messages play in secret societies
- Use encrypted alphabets to unveil secrets of the past
