- Paperback: 336 pages
- Publisher: For Dummies (Oct 16 2009)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0470591005
- ISBN-13: 978-0470591000
- Product Dimensions: 21.6 x 14.1 x 1.9 cm
- Shipping Weight: 381 g
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #234,321 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Product Description
Product Description
The fast and easy way to crack codes and cryptograms
Did you love Dan Brown's The Lost Symbol? Are you fascinated by secret codes and deciphering lost history? Cracking Codes and Cryptograms For Dummies shows you how to think like a symbologist to uncover mysteries and history by solving cryptograms and cracking codes that relate to Freemasonry, the Knights Templar, the Illuminati, and other secret societies and conspiracy theories.
You'll get easy-to-follow instructions for solving everything from the simplest puzzles to fiendishly difficult ciphers using secret codes and lost symbols.
- Over 350 handcrafted cryptograms and ciphers of varying types
- Tips and tricks for cracking even the toughest code
- Sutherland is a syndicated puzzle author; Koltko-Rivera is an expert on the major symbols and ceremonies of Freemasonry
With the helpful information in this friendly guide, you'll be unveiling mysteries and shedding light on history in no time!
From the Back Cover
Solve compelling and challengingpuzzles to uncover secrets andconspiracy plots
Fascinated with the culture of conspiracy? Uncover the mysteries and test your knowledge of secret societies by solving cryptograms and deciphering codes that not only unveil historical fact and fiction but entertain you as well. Walk in the footsteps of a symbologist by solving everything from the simplest puzzles to fiendishly difficult ciphers, using secret codes and lost symbols.
- Think like a symbologist — discover a variety of codes and wordplay and the strategies for solving each one
- Build your code-cracking skills — work your way from solving simple cryptograms to difficult Masonic and double level ciphers
- Uncover a bigger mystery — use the answers you discover to solve three conspiracy stories contained in the book
- Appreciate the history of code and encryption — reveal the secret world of Freemasonry, the Illuminati, and the Knights Templar
- Check your work — find hints and answers for all the book's puzzles
Open the book and find:
- Over 350 handcrafted cryptograms and ciphers of varying types
- Tips and tricks for cracking even the toughest code
- An introduction to the history and relevance of using code
- Puzzle strategies and hints to help nudge you in the right direction
- Fun and intriguing anagrams and story wordplay puzzles
- Fascinating number ciphers that reference the keypad letters on your cellphone
- Puzzles of all levels: Easy, Tricky, and Treacherous
Learn to:
- Expose conspiracies like the characters do in Dan Brown's The Lost Symbol
- Decipher cryptic puzzles
- Understand the role coded messages play in secret societies
- Use encrypted alphabets to unveil secrets of the past
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4.5 out of 5 stars (8 customer reviews)
9 of 9 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
Great book, Nov 13 2009
By N. Coleman - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Cracking Codes and Cryptograms For Dummies (Paperback)
This is a fantastic book. I bought it so I could write messages to my students in code and found that it is sooo much more. It is very easy to read and really hooks you in right from the beginning.There is a lot more to this book than first glance. It explained a lot about how to do codes & cryptograms and write them as well for me (at a beginners level), but it was also really interesting for my husband who has studied formal logic & loves these sorts of brain twisters.
This one is worth buying - I'm thinking of buying another one so we aren't fighting all the time over who gets to read it.
8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
2.0 out of 5 stars
Not what you might think, Oct 22 2010
By Johnbo - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Cracking Codes and Cryptograms For Dummies (Paperback)
I purchased this book looking to get something that would give me basic understanding of many different types of codes and cryptograms. But what I ended up with instead was more of a workbook made almost entirely of puzzles using various different cryptology methods. Out of 336 pages, there are exactly 37 pages on history and code descriptions. The rest of the book consists of puzzles that have to be figured out by using what was written in the first two chapters.If you are wanting something simply to add to your collection of sudoku and crossword books, you might enjoy this for a decent mental workout. But if your goal is to learn a little something about all the different codes that are out there, you may wish to look somewhere else.
8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
Cracking Codes & Cryptograms for DUMMIES, Nov 17 2009
By David S. Brockman "Choklittshipp" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Cracking Codes and Cryptograms For Dummies (Paperback)
Having read "Cracking Codes and Cryptograms for Dummies" I believe that the book has a great deal of historic information. It also gives a lot of general information on how ciphers are made and used from when to now. The book also has a large amount of practice ciphers to help with understanding. I found the book to be extremely enlightening and would recommend it for anyone interested in cryptology.
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