Enigma Code Book
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Enigma Code Book
Cd ROM lets you see how the Enigma code machine worked.
Work out your own codes with this easy to understand CD - which works the code out for you!
Practical maths at work
Product Code: VI-Code
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- Key Stage 3: 11 to 14 yrs
- Key Stage 4: 14 to 16 yrs
The Code Book on CD-ROM is an interactive version of Simon Singh's best-selling book The Code Book. It is the product of a collaboration between Simon Singh and Nicholas Mee. The CD-ROM includes a wealth of material including video clips from Simon Singh's channel 4 television series The Science of Secrecy plus other clips filmed specifically for the CD-ROM.
Text from the book is presented in easily digested chunks that are illustrated with video clips, computer generated animations and interactive tools and demonstrations. The interactive tools enable messages to be encrypted using all the ciphers discussed in the book.
Most impressive of all is the full Enigma Machine emulator. Other tools assist with the cracking of encrypted messages using techniques such as frequency analysis. There are also numerous puzzles and encrypted messages to be cracked. The CD-ROM presents a fascinating subject in a very hands-on format, so that anyone can try out the encryption and cracking methods described in the text, but with the computer doing any tedious analysis that might be necessary. The CD-ROM makes full use of the potential of multimedia to communicate technical ideas.
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