Julius Caesar is recorded as having routinely used ciphers, and evidence of secret writing and coded messages dates back further to the ancient civilizations of China, India and Greece. This illustrated history explains the development of setting and cracking codes from simple substitution ciphers in use in medieval Europe to the decoding of the incendiary Zimmerman telegram in 1917, Alan Turings breakthrough in mechanized analysis at Bletchley Park and modern computer-generated systems of encryption and decryption
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"История Америки в комиксах" охватывает период с 1600 года и включает революцию, рабство и гражданскую войну, сухой закон, Первую и Вторую мировые войны, депрессию и современность, а также таких разнообразных персонажей, как Джордж Вашингтон, Эйб Линкольн, Теодор Рузвельт и Рональд Рейган. Эта книга не только раскрывает великий поворот истории США, но и знакомит вас с идеями, которые доминировали в американской жизни на фоне культурных событий и социальных достижений • Книга на английском языке • This title covers the years since 1600 and includes the Revolution, slavery and the Civil War, prohibition, World Wars I and II, the Depression and modern times, as well as characters as diverse as George Washington, Abe Lincoln, Theodore Roosevelt, and Ronald Reagan
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When was art's first kiss? Who painted the first ever smile and the first self-portrait? When did Western art first depict a Black person or approach feminism? And why were each of these firsts so important? This book answers all these fascinating questions and more • Art Firsts explores 30 groundbreaking works to piece together an original approach to looking at and appreciating art, as well as understanding where it has come from and how it relates to you. Each first is approachable and engaging, while each work is simply and satisfyingly explained. Every work is also fully illustrated, and its significance is shown through images of the subsequent artists directly inspired by them • This book offers a refreshing and fascinating narrative for those curious about why so-called 'masterpieces' are so important and how the story of art can be boiled down to flashes of fascinating brilliance
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