Top secret : a handbook of codes, ciphers, and secret writing Paul B. Janeczko ; illustrated by Jenna LaReau.

By: Janeczko, Paul BContributor(s): LaReau, Jenna [ill.]Material type: TextTextPublisher: Cambridge, Mass. : Candlewick Press, 2004Edition: 1st edDescription: 136 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN: 0763609714 (alk. paper)Subject(s): Cryptography -- Juvenile literature | Ciphers -- Juvenile literatureDDC classification: 652/.8 LOC classification: Z103.3 | .J357 2004
Contents:
Nonsecret codes -- book code -- dictionary code -- Codetalking -- Pig Latin -- Turkish Irish -- Caesar cipher -- St. Cyr slide -- Keyboard cipher -- Morse code -- Semaphore -- Pigpen cipher -- Rosicrucian cipher -- Date shift cipher -- Greek square cipher -- Greek skytale -- Rail fence cipher -- Route transposition cipher -- Codebreaking -- Early concealment techniques -- Null cipher -- Cardano grille -- Word grille -- Space code -- Playing card code -- Dot cipher -- Line cipher -- Zigzag cipher -- Invisible inks.
Summary: A handbook for the budding cryptographer including codes and ciphers, invisible inks, concealment techniques, spy stories and some history.
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Nonsecret codes -- book code -- dictionary code -- Codetalking -- Pig Latin -- Turkish Irish -- Caesar cipher -- St. Cyr slide -- Keyboard cipher -- Morse code -- Semaphore -- Pigpen cipher -- Rosicrucian cipher -- Date shift cipher -- Greek square cipher -- Greek skytale -- Rail fence cipher -- Route transposition cipher -- Codebreaking -- Early concealment techniques -- Null cipher -- Cardano grille -- Word grille -- Space code -- Playing card code -- Dot cipher -- Line cipher -- Zigzag cipher -- Invisible inks.

A handbook for the budding cryptographer including codes and ciphers, invisible inks, concealment techniques, spy stories and some history.

Accelerated Reader AR MG 7.3 3.0 74915.

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