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We are all spending more time watching movies and Youtube and reading books. If you find a good one, post about it here and we will start compiling a list. The best ones can be added to the Library and Cinema.
Harry I would like to make a cipher book recommendation.
THE MAMMOTH BOOK OF SECRET CODE PUZZLES
OVER 600 MYSTERY CODES TO BE CRACKED
UK VERSION: ISBN 1845293258Go here for information:
https://www.elonka.com/mammoth/She has another book due later this year that may be of interest:
Codebreaking & Cryptograms: A Practical Guide
by Elonka Dunin and Klaus Schmeh | 16 Jul 2020A book I would suggest is the THE GCHQ PUZZLE BOOK. https://www.gchq.gov.uk/section/news/puzzles
That is a great one! Have you taken a look in the BOSS Library for some more?
[Thanks to Madness for pointing us at this thesis about computer attacks on classical ciphers. The details are for the experts, but it is great to see that there is still something interesting to say about the old methods. And it has a picture of Bletchley Park on the cover. What’s not to like. Harry]
How about The Imitation Game ? It’s a movie on Alan Turing and how he cracks the Enigma. I’m planning to watch it soon!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Between_Silk_and_Cyanide
[The Duke of Edinburgh recommended this book to me. He knew Leo Marks quite well. Harry]
A few other recommendations for the book library…
“Mathematicians, spies and hackers” by Joan Gomez / National Geographic (ISBN 978-84-473-8765-6)
“The Simpsons and Their Mathematical Secrets” by Simon Singh
“Alex’s Adventures in Numberland”, “So You Think You’ve Got Problems” and “Can You Solve My Problems” all by Alex Bellos
“How Not To Be Wrong” by Jordan Ellenberg
“The Indisputable Existence of Santa Claus” by Dr Hannah Fry and Dr Thomas Oleron Evans
“N or M?” by Agatha Christie (symbolic because we’re all trying to work out how to map ciphertexts to plaintexts – does this letter map to N? or maybe M?! – but also relevant because it’s set in World War II)
and then the Dan Brown books/movies are always good for a bit of puzzle-solving action!
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