Creating and cracking codes / McFadzean, Lesley

Looks at the history of code making and breaking, from Champollion deciphering Egyptian heiroglyphs to the German Enigma machine.

Explores the history of cryptography and codes, discussing a variety of different kinds of codes and ciphers, as well as how codes have been used by militaries throughout the world.

This revealing book traces codes throughout history, from an encryption device used by the Spartans in 400 B.C. to the Enigma Code of the 1940s, pausing to consider coded military secrets and newspaper scoops alike. Students will be delighted by code-cracking diagrams.