{"product_id":"9781472297242","title":"50 Codes That Changed The World","description":"\u003cp\u003eBook Title: 50 Codes That Changed The World \u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781472297242 \u003cbr\u003eBy Author(s):SINCLAIR MCKAY \u003cbr\u003eBy Publisher:ORION \u003cbr\u003eFormat:PB\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-expanded=\"true\" class=\"a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content a-expander-content-expanded\"\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eA CUNNING CHRONICLE OF THE 50 CODES THAT ALTERED THE COURSE OF HISTORY AND CHANGED THE WORLD\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003ch1\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003eFrom the bestselling author of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eBletchley Park Brainteasers and The Scotland Yard Puzzle Book.\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/h1\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThere have been secret codes since before the Old Testament, and there were secret codes \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003ein\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e the Old Testament too. Almost as soon as writing was invented, so too were the devious means to hide messages and keep them under the wraps of secrecy.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003e50 Codes that Changed the World\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, Sinclair McKay explores these uncrackable codes, secret cyphers and hidden messages from across time to tell a new history of a secret world. From the temples of Ancient Greece to the court of Elizabeth I; from antique manuscripts whose codes might hold prophecies of doom to the modern realm of quantum mechanics, you will see how a few concealed words could help to win wars, spark revolutions and even change the faces of great nations.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eHere is the complete guide to the hidden world of codebreaking, with opportunities for you to see if you could have cracked some of the trickiest puzzles and lip-chewing codes ever created.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e-----------------------\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePraise for Sinclair McKay''s books:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''This book [The Secret Life of Bletchley Park] seems a remarkably faithful account of what we did, why it mattered, and how it all felt at the time by someone who couldn''t possibly have been born then. - \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eTHE\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eGUARDIAN\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e[Bletchley Park Brainteasers] is outrageously difficult but utterly fascinating. - \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eTHE EXPRESS\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''Sinclair McKay''s account of this secret war of the airwaves in [Secret Listeners] is as painstakingly researched and fascinating as his bestselling The Secret Life Of Bletchley Park, and an essential companion to it.'' - \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eDAILY MAIL\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"a-expander-header a-expander-partial-collapse-header\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"SINCLAIR MCKAY","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50575244198111,"sku":null,"price":11.8,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0410\/9529\/9228\/files\/81tX2APTA6L._SY522.jpg?v=1784257763","url":"https:\/\/www.bookmarket.com.sg\/products\/9781472297242","provider":"BookMarket","version":"1.0","type":"link"}