Code breakers
By: Ben Hubbard
Series: CLASH; Hi-tech world; CLASH; Hi-tech world
Publisher: TickTock
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Tunbridge Wells
Language: eng
Number of pages: 32
ISBN-13: 9781848982154
Subjects: Cryptography; Juvenile literature
Description: This series offers older readers subjects they love; edgy, cool designs that will appeal to teenagers; dramatic imagery and fact-packed, accessible text. In this book, find out how computer hackers challenge and break modern codes everyday and more.
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Nature's code; title: Code makers and breakers; title: The lost code; title: The Caesar shift; title: Navajo talkers; title: Enigma; title: Alan Turing; title: Computer codes; title: Computer hackers; title: Gary Mckinnon; title: CAPTCHA; title: Quantum computers; title: Need to know words; title: Did you know?/Find out more online.