Codes, Ciphers and Other Cryptic and Clandestine Communication: 400 Ways to Send Secret Messages from Hieroglyphs to the Internet

by Fred B. Wrixon

Spies, secret societies, religious cults as well as anyone who has used an ATM or the internet rely on the making and breaking of codes for security.

Genres: Nonfiction, Reference, Mathematics, Science, History

704 pages, Hardcover

First published January 10, 1998

Reviews

[William Schram · Rating 4 out of 5]

Codes, Ciphers, and Other Cryptic and Clandestine Communication is a book on secret writing by Fred B. Wrixon. The book includes quizzes to test your skills and covers a wide range of topics. Wrixon organizes the book by the type of cipher or code employed. It lacks the narrative structure of a book like Simon Singh's The Code Book, but it is more of a reference material.

I enjoyed the book. Thanks for reading my review, and see you next time.

[James Madsen · Rating 3 out of 5]

A nice introductory reference book. Although one could conceivably read this over-700-page book from cover to cover (there are exercises with answers), that would be a long-term project. It's interesting, but not *that* compelling to someone who's not obsessed with codes and ciphers.

[Ryan · Rating 4 out of 5]

The section on codes had little interest for me but ciphers and steganography were great. The amazing ciphers used throughout history blew my mind. It was fun to try to keep up with some of them. Eventually I gave up for the DES or RSA and the 64-bit computer ones.

[Priscilla]

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