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Code Cracking for Kids with 21 Codes and Ciphers
SKU
058925
ISBN
9781641601382
Grade 4-7
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Description
Cracking codes is something people enjoy doing for leisure, developing great thinking skills. Codes have been used throughout history to guard secret information and send messages. This book offers the history of codes, beginning with cryptology in ancient times to modern encrypted messages. Learn hieroglyphics, the Jefferson Cipher Wheel, and the Alberti Cipher Disk. The best part is that you can use some of the things your learning in 21 activities with readily accessible items. Learn to decipher and send your own secret messages.
Publisher's Description of Code Cracking for Kids with 21 Codes and Ciphers
A hands-on book to introduce kids to the fascinating world of secret codes and ciphers.
People throughout history have written messages in code and ciphers to guard and pass along closely held secret information. Today, countries around the world enlist cryptanalysts to intercept and crack messages to keep our world safe. Code Cracking for Kids explores many aspects of cryptology, including famous people who used and invented codes and ciphers, such as Julius Caesar and Thomas Jefferson; codes used during wars, including the Enigma machine, whose cracking helped the Allies gather critical information on German intelligence in World War II; and work currently being done by the government, such as in the National Security Agency. Readers also will learn about unsolved codes and ciphers throughout history, codes used throughout the world today, though not often recognized, and devices used over the years by governments and their spies to conceal information. Code Cracking for Kids includes hands-on activities that allow kids to replicate early code devices, learn several different codes and ciphers to encode and decode messages and hide a secret message inside a hollow egg.
Details
| Product Format: | Paperback |
|---|---|
| Brand: | Chicago Review Press |
| Author: | Jean Daigneau |
| Grades: | 4-7 |
| ISBN: | 9781641601382 |
| Length in Inches: | 8.5 |
| Width in Inches: | 11 |
| Height in Inches: | 0.25 |
| Weight in Pounds: | 1.1 |
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