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Cracking Codes and Cryptograms For Dummies

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Cracking Codes and Cryptograms For Dummies provides an engaging introduction to the art of decoding various cryptographic techniques and solving puzzles. The book offers practical insights into codes and cryptograms, with tips and exercises that make learning both fun and intellectually stimulating. It's designed to entertain and educate those interested in the fascinating world of cryptography, though it seems to be mistakenly categorised under Cooking & Food.
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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.

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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!

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780470591000

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 27 October 2009

Country: United States

Imprint: For Dummies

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 20.0mm

Width: 142.0mm

Height: 213.0mm

Weight: 318g

Pages: 336

About the Author

Denise Sutherland is a syndicated puzzle author. Her puzzles appear in a range of publications, including the Reader's Digest Mind Stretchers series, and she is the author of Word Searches For Dummies.

Mark E. Koltko-Rivera, PhD, is a 32degree Freemason and expert on the major symbols and ceremonies of Freemasonry. Using this expertise, he analyzed prepublication clues to uncover and blog about key elements of The Lost Symbol. He co-hosts the weekly podcast Masonic Central.

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