PublishedPrinceton University Press, April 2017 |
ISBN9780691167671 |
FormatHardcover, 624 pages |
Dimensions23.5cm × 15.2cm |
A mathematical tour of some of the greatest unsolved ciphers of all time In 1953, a man was found dead from cyanide poisoning near the Philadelphia airport with a picture of a Nazi aircraft in his wallet. Taped to his abdomen was an enciphered message. In 1912, a book dealer named Wilfrid Voynich came into possession of an illuminated cipher manus