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Secret Messages: Concealment Codes and Other Types of Ingenious Communication
Contributor(s): Butler, William S. (Author), Keeney, L. Douglas (Author)

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ISBN: 0684869985     ISBN-13: 9780684869988
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
OUR PRICE: $38.00  

Binding Type: Hardcover
Published: January 2001
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Annotation: A lively chronicle of coded messages, secret passwords, code names, concealment tricks, and other types of ingenious communication, "Secret Messages" presents an extensively researched collection of wit and wile at its best -- and acts as a primer into the extraordinary capabilities of the human mind. Illustrations.
Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Language Arts & Disciplines | Communication Studies
- History | World - General
- History | Study & Teaching
Dewey: 652.8
LCCN: 00046368
Physical Information: 0.78" H x 5.8" W x 8.72" L (0.76 lbs) 192 pages
Features: Bibliography, Ikids, Illustrated, Index, Price on Product
Review Citations: Kirkus Reviews 11/15/2000 pg. 1592
Publishers Weekly 11/27/2000 pg. 64
School Library Journal 06/01/2001 pg. 186
 
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Publisher Description:
From the fall of Troy to interstellar messages by way of the Underground Railroad and Captain Midnight, Secret Messages is a collection of ninety-five of the most interesting examples of code and concealed communications throughout history.
Authors William S. Butler and L. Douglas Keeney have compiled a fascinating array of encrypted communications from a varied field. Many of these examples are from times of war, including the story of how a too simple code was the undoing of Benedict Arnold, and how Commander Jeremiah Denton blinked in Morse code to indicate that his North Vietnamese captors were torturing him. Others are more lighthearted, such as the creative use of hand signals by catchers and managers in modern baseball. And some selections offer a glimpse into how codes are used in everyday life, unbeknownst to most of us, in places like hospitals, police stations, and firehouses.
Uncovering hidden layers, Secret Messages will amaze you with its new insights into history and how it has been shaped by cryptography. It also explores the future of encryption, where technology will enable vast amounts of information to be hidden within minuscule hosts such as human DNA, or the dot of an i. Full of stories of human creativity and ingenuity, Secret Messages is an engaging book that will inspire and delight.
 
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