Uncracked codes and cyphers / / Ann Byers

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910158635803321
• Autore: Byers Ann
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: New York : , : Rosen Publishing, , 2017; �2017
• ISBN: 1-5081-7311-7
• Edizione: [First edition.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (64 pages) : color illustrations
• Collana: Cryptography : code making and code breaking
• Disciplina: 005.8/2
• Soggetti: Cryptography - History; Ciphers - History
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Ancient codes : the Phaistos Disc and the Voynich manuscript -- Buried treasure : the Beale papers -- A playful composition : the Dorabella cipher -- Two challenge ciphers -- A killer's ciphers : the Zodiac -- Challenging the experts : the Kryptos monument.
• Sommario/riassunto: In this book, readers examine eight codes and ciphers that could not be cracked, including the ancient Phaistos Disc, the Voynich Manuscript, the location of the buried treasure of 1819 as described in the Beale Papers, Edward Elgar's Dorabella Cipher of 1897, the Chaocipher of 1918, the D'Agapeyeff Challenge Cipher of 1939, the Zodiac Killer's 408 Cipher from the late 1960s, and the Kryptos Monument ciphers of 1990.