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Spy 101
Learn more about how to decipher and encipher secret messages.
Chester Nez, the last surviving member of the original twenty-nine code talkers, discusses his life growing up in the Checkerboard Area of the Navajo reservation, and shares the story of how he helped the United States develop and implement a secret military language based on his native language during World War II that became the only unbroken code in modern warfare
940.5403 Nez
Book
Oct 30, 2012
Open communication -- Secret communication -- Simple codes -- Polyalphabetic ciphers -- Code wars -- Codes in cyberspace -- Codes in culture.
652.8 Cal
Book
Oct 30, 2012
Learn to solve compelling and challenging puzzles to uncover secrets and conspiracy plots! Walk in the footprints of a symbologist by solving everything from the simplest puzzles to fiendishly difficult ciphers, using secret codes and lost symbols
793.73 Sut
Book
Oct 30, 2012
Still reeling from the disappearance of his lover, a brilliant code-breaker is summoned to Blechley Park, Britain's top-secret intelligence campus. Now he must face his toughest assignment--crack the Nazis' infamous Engima codes. Putting together the pieces of a puzzle, he discovers the reason for his lover's disappearance to U-boats closing in on Allied cargo ships to a mass grave in Poland
SciFi/Fantasy
DVD
Oct 30, 2012
A history of secret languages from ancient times to modern day.
652.8 Ber
Book
Oct 30, 2012
Tips, tricks & techniques for breaking codes & conveying covert information.
327.12 Huf
Book
Oct 30, 2012
The squaw of the hippopotamus : Pythagoras's theorem -- Shortening the proceedings : logarithms -- Ghosts of departed quantities : calculus -- The system of the world : Newton's law of gravity -- Portent of the ideal world : the sqaure root of minus one -- Much ado about knotting : Euler's formula for polyhedra -- Patterns of chance : normal distribution -- Good vibrations : wave equation -- Ripples and blips : Fourier transform -- The ascent of humanity : Navier-Stokes equation -- Waves in the ether : Maxwell's equations -- Law and disorder : second law of thermodynamics -- One thing is absolute : relativity -- Quantum weirdness : Schrödinger equation -- Codes, communications, and computers : information theory -- The imbalance of nature : chaos theory -- The Midas formula : Black-Scholes equation
511.326 Ste
Book
Oct 30, 2012
Text, artwork, and photographs examine the James Bond character from the 007 films, describing his spy missions, gadgets, vehicles, enemies, allies, and lovers.
791.4375 Dou
Book
Oct 30, 2012
Mathematics 1001 : absolutely everything that matters in mathematics in 1001 bite-sized explanations
Provides a practical reference to all aspects of mathematics, using clear explanations of such key mathematical concepts as analysis, logic, metamathematics, and mathematical physics
510 Elw
Book
Nov 5, 2012
Search engine indexing: finding needles in the world's biggest haystack -- PageRank: the technology that launched Google -- Public key cryptography: sending secrets on a postcard -- Error-correcting codes: mistakes that fix themselves -- Pattern recognition: learning from experience -- Data compression: something for nothing -- Databases: the quest for consistency -- Digital signatures: who really wrote this software? -- What is computable?
006.3 Mac
Book
Oct 30, 2012
A collection of intriguing mathematical games, puzzles, stories, and factoids that reveal hidden gems of logic, geometry, and probability.
510 Ste
Book
Nov 10, 2012
This illustrated encyclopedia surveys the history and development of code-making and code-breaking in all areas of culture and society from hieroglyphs and runes to DNA, the Zodiac Killer, graffiti, and beyond.
652.8 Boo
Book
Oct 30, 2012
The evolution of secrecy from Mary Queen of Scots to quantum cryptography.
652.8 Sin
Book
Oct 30, 2012
The Italian Renaissance is remembered as much for intrigue as it is for art, with papal politics and infighting among Italy's many city-states. A five hundred year old letter, recently decoded, gives a glimpse into what was really going on.
945.05 Sim
Book
Oct 30, 2012
512.723 Du S
Book
Nov 15, 2012
"With games to play and puzzles to solve this is a maths book for all ages from 1-101. In The Number Mysteries you will learn everything from how to better your chances at Rock, Paper, Scissors and break uncrackable codes, to uncovering the shape of the universe and predict the future. It will also show you how maths really is at the heart of everything that we do."--Publisher's description
510 Du S
Book
Nov 10, 2012
From bullets to bowler hats to boat jumps, the real technology behind 007's fabulous films.
791.4375 Gre
Book
Oct 30, 2012
The story of the men and women who cracked the Enigma code at Bletchley Park.
940.5486 McK
Book
Oct 30, 2012
Inside the mysterious codes that have confounded the world's greatest cryptographers.
652.8 Bel
Book
Oct 30, 2012
The remarkable story of the telegraph and the nineteenth century's on-line pioneers.
384.1 Sta
Book
Oct 30, 2012
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940.5403 Nez
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510 Ste
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652.8 Cal
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652.8 Boo
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793.73 Sut
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652.8 Sin
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SciFi/Fantasy
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945.05 Sim
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652.8 Ber
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512.723 Du S
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327.12 Huf
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510 Du S
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511.326 Ste
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791.4375 Gre
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791.4375 Dou
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940.5486 McK
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Mathematics 1001 : absolutely everything that matters in mathematics in 1001 bite-sized explanations
510 Elw
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652.8 Bel
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006.3 Mac
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384.1 Sta
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510 Nie
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