50 Codes that Changed the World - . . . And Your Chance to Solve Them!

Informationen zum Autor Sinclair McKay is a bestelling author and social historian. He is the author of the Sunday Times bestseller Bletchley Park Brainteasers as well as the bestselling Secret Life of Bletchley Park, which together have sold over 400,000 copies. He has authored many other books including The Scotland Yard Puzzle Book , The Tower of London Puzzle Book and Secret Britain . He writes for the Spectator and the Telegraph and spends much of his life eyebrow-deep in dusty archives! He lives in east London. Klappentext A CUNNING CHRONICLE OF THE 50 CODES ALTERED HISTORY FOREVER . . . AND YOUR CHANCE TO SOLVE THEM! Join bestselling author of Bletchley Park Brainteasers and Secret Britain, Sinclair Mckay, in a tantalizing new history of the uncrackable codes, secret cyphers and hidden messages that shaped the world we know today. From the temples of Ancient Greece to the court of Elizabeth I; from antique manuscripts whose codes might hold prophecies of doom to the modern realm of quantum mechanics, you will discover how a few concealed phrases could help win wars, spark revolutions and even change the faces of great nations. Secrets are there to be uncovered, if you have the skills to decrypt them. Vorwort Uncrackable codes and secret cyphers that helped win wars, spark revolutions and change the faces of nations, rediscovered and explored in the newest book by the bestselling author and historian, Sinclair McKay. Zusammenfassung Uncrackable codes and secret cyphers that helped win wars, spark revolutions and change the faces of nations, rediscovered and explored in the newest book by the bestselling author and historian, Sinclair McKay.

Product details

• Authors: Sinclair McKay, McKay Sinclair, Sinclair Mckay
• Publisher: Headline
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 31.12.2022
• EAN: 9781472297242
• ISBN: 978-1-4722-9724-2
• No. of pages: 400
• Dimensions: 126 mm x 196 mm x 30 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Non-fiction book; Social sciences, law, business > Media, communication > Communication science; Prose: non-fiction, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Intelligence & Espionage, computer science, Puzzles & quizzes, Puzzles and quizzes, Military intelligence, COMPUTERS / Artificial Intelligence / General, Coding theory and cryptology