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Cracking the Code: The Human Quest to Uncover Secrets

by Rachel Kehoe

Secrets, codes, and the people who decipher them

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Secrets, codes, and the people who decipher them

Rachel Kehoe traces cryptology across eras, from ancient Greek ciphers and the Enigma machine to present-day cybersecurity and questions about editing genetic code. The book connects the history of codes with the human reasons for keeping secrets, including the work of the Navajo Code Talkers during World War II. Its scope also reaches into the digital future, where codebreaking intersects with security and ethical questions. Together, these subjects frame cryptology as both a historical practice and a modern concern.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Ages 9–12 interested in spies, codes, and codebreaking.
  • Young nonfiction readers curious about history, cybersecurity, or the Navajo Code Talkers.

Themes

Cryptology through historySecrecy and securityCodebreakingCybersecurity and genetic-code ethics

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Book overview

Humans have been keeping secrets for generations and using cryptology to make sure those secrets don't fall into the wrong hands.

From the development of ancient Greek ciphers, to the creation of the Enigma and today's CRISPR technology, codes and codebreakers have changed the course of history. Today cryptology addresses cybersecurity and the ethics of hacking our own genetic code.

Cracking the Code reveals the history of codes, explores why humans keep secrets and introduces us to coding heroes like the Navajo Code Talkers from World War II. Codes have defined human history and will map our digital future. Will you be the next codebreaker to unlock the mysteries behind the codes that shape our world?

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