{"product_id":"unsolved-the-history-and-mystery-of-the-worlds-greatest-ciphers-from-ancient-egypt-to-online-secret-societies-9780691167671","title":"Unsolved!: The History and Mystery of the World's Greatest Ciphers from Ancient Egypt to Online Secret Societies","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Craig P. Bauer\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Princeton University Press\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Princeton University Press\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Ancient Mysteries \u0026amp; Controversial Knowledge\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the Back Cover\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A mind-bending joy of a book. Bauer investigates the mysteries of secret writing with a storyteller's eye and the latest technology, digging into spectacular and macabre tales of murderers, spies, Viking runestones, strange manuscripts, buried gold, and wireless messages from Mars. \u003ci\u003eUnsolved!\u003c\/i\u003e makes the world seem bigger, weirder, and more wonderful.\"\u003cb\u003e--Jason Fagone, author of \u003ci\u003eIngenious: A True Story of Invention, Automotive Daring, and the Race to Revive America\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"In this intriguing casebook of hidden clues and secret messages, Craig Bauer is the perfect guide to cracking ciphers.\"\u003cb\u003e--Adrienne Mayor, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Amazons: Lives and Legends of Warrior Women across the Ancient World\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A connection between the cipher language of a fifteenth-century manuscript and the taunting enciphered messages of the twentieth-century Zodiac Killer seems unlikely. Yet in this well-chosen survey of unsolved cryptographic problems, we learn how these and a host of other cipher conundrums are related. Illuminating examples, clear technical explanations, and a brisk writing style combine to make \u003ci\u003eUnsolved!\u003c\/i\u003e an informative and rewarding read.\"\u003cb\u003e--Glen Miranker, former Apple chief technology officer (hardware)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A stunning journey through the mysteries of codes and ciphers! Excellent and outstanding!\"\u003cb\u003e--David Naccache, Ecole normale superieure, France\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A great book and a major contribution.\"\u003cb\u003e--Klaus Schmeh, author of \u003ci\u003eCryptography and Public Key Infrastructure on the Internet\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Exceptional. Not only are these ciphers fascinating individually, but together they provide a comprehensive picture of the different methods and types of encryption, which Bauer explains and guides readers through in turn. I thoroughly enjoyed this book.\"\u003cb\u003e--Todd S. Sauter, former docent at the National Cryptologic Museum\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A welcome addition to the growing popular literature on cryptology. Bauer explains concepts very clearly and illustrates them with examples, so that the book is self-contained and requires little prerequisite mathematical or cryptological background knowledge on the part of the reader.\"\u003cb\u003e--John W. Dawson, Jr., author of \u003ci\u003eLogical Dilemmas: The Life and Work of Kurt Godel\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Princeton University Press","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":45088145113239,"sku":"9780691167671","price":2100.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780691167671.webp?v=1767641364","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/unsolved-the-history-and-mystery-of-the-worlds-greatest-ciphers-from-ancient-egypt-to-online-secret-societies-9780691167671","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}