Codes and Ciphers

by Mark Fowler

Book Overview

Perplexing superpuzzles for serious puzzle fanatics and super-solvers everywhere This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0746006756
• ISBN13: 9780746006757
• Release Date: January 1992
• Publisher: E.D.C. Publishing
• Length: 48 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 7.1" x 9.9"
• Age Range: 12 to 17 years
• Grade Range: Grades 7 to 12

Customer Reviews

Great for kids!

I first caught sight of this book at my local library. Yes, I did borrow the book & took it home to read. The reason being, I was looking for some book to give my nephew, who is a hard-core Playstation gamer. I needed something to get him away from it, at least for a few weeks. I quite "enjoyed" the book, and decided that this was what the doctor ordered. Soon I did what was necessary, I ordered a copy of the book for my nephew, as his birthday present. I'm sure he expected me to get him a PS game. He was disheartend to see it was a book. However, after reading the book, he's become a "CRYPTO-MANIAC". He is so much in to encryption now, that whenever he goes to a book shop he looks for similar books. He's already told me about a few crypto-related books that he wants for Christmas. His mother is cursing me now for getting him the book, since he is to busy "decrypting messages" instead of doing his chores. Overall, a great book, excellent as a foundation and a really good "engrossing" read! Oh by the way, he's "earned" a lot of respect in his class, since he's the only who knows of all the "basic" ways to encode messages. Which is very important to the class, since they have all these clubs, and messages are sent in plain handwriting, and are complete gibberish to outsiders. A MUST BUY FOR KIDS!