PublishedPrinceton University Press, June 2019 |
ISBN9780691192291 |
FormatSoftcover, 640 pages |
Dimensions23.5cm × 15.6cm |
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 and an enciphered message taped to his abdomen. In 1912, a book dealer named Wilfrid Voynich came into possession of an illuminated cipher manu