Experiment with cryptography—the science of secret writing. Cipher and decipher codes: transposition and polyalphabetical ciphers, famous codes, typewriter and telephone codes, codes that use playing cards, knots, and swizzle sticks...even invisible writing and sending messages through outer space. Hours of intrigue and challenge. 45 diagrams.

Experiment with cryptography—the science of secret writing. Cipher and decipher codes: transposition and polyalphabetical ciphers, famous codes, typewriter and telephone codes, codes that use playing cards, knots, and swizzle sticks...even invisible writing and sending messages through outer space. Hours of intrigue and challenge. 45 diagrams.

Channel coding lies at the heart of digital communication and data storage, and this detailed introduction describes the core theory as well as decoding algorithms, implementation details, and performance analyses. In this 2009 book, Professors Ryan and Lin provide clear information on modern channel codes, including turbo and low-density parity-check (LDPC) codes. They also pr...(展开全部)

Tree of Codes, is a haunting new story by best-selling American writer, Jonathan Safran Foer. With a different die-cut on every page, Tree of Codes explores previously unchartered literary territory. Initially deemed impossible to make, the book is a first - as much a sculptural object as it is a work of masterful storytelling. Inspired to exhume a new story from an existing ...(展开全部)

Tree of Codes, is a haunting new story by best-selling American writer, Jonathan Safran Foer. With a different die-cut on every page, Tree of Codes explores previously unchartered literary territory. Initially deemed impossible to make, the book is a first - as much a sculptural object as it is a work of masterful storytelling. Inspired to exhume a new story from an existing ...(展开全部)

作者簡介 巴索．伯恩斯坦（Basil Bernstein，1924-2000） 係英國20世紀影響最深遠的教育社會學家，一生思想歷經四十寒暑，輯印成五冊，大體以《階級、符碼與控制》(Class, Codes and Control)為名出版，惟副標題互異，意謂關懷焦點和議題的轉進和變化。這五冊依序為《語言社會學理論研究》（1971）、《語言社會學應用研究》（1973）、《教育傳遞理論之建構》（1975）、《教育論述之結構化》（1990）、《教育、象徵控制與認同》（1996∕2000）。 譯者簡介 王瑞賢 英國威爾斯大學哲學博士。現任屏東教育大學教育系副教授。 譯有《教育、象徵控制與認同》（2005，台北：學富）、《教育論述之結構化》（2006，台北：巨流）。

作者簡介 巴索．伯恩斯坦（Basil Bernstein，1924-2000） 係英國20世紀影響最深遠的教育社會學家，一生思想歷經四十寒暑，輯印成五冊，大體以《階級、符碼與控制》(Class, Codes and Control)為名出版，惟副標題互異，意謂關懷焦點和議題的轉進和變化。這五冊依序為《語言社會學理論研究》（1971）、《語言社會學應用研究》（1973）、《教育傳遞理論之建構》（1975）、《教育論述之結構化》（1990）、《教育、象徵控制與認同》（1996∕2000）。 譯者簡介 王瑞賢 英國威爾斯大學哲學博士。現任屏東教育大學教育系副教授。 譯有《教育、象徵控制與認同》（2005，台北：學富）、《教育論述之結構化》（2006，台北：巨流）。

霍尔格·霍克，生于德国，在牛津大学获得现代历史博士学位。英国利物浦大学18世纪历史跨学科研究中心创办人，英国皇家历史学会会员，美国国会图书馆研究员，现任美国匹茨堡大学教授。擅长18世纪史、英国史研究。 杨靖，文学博士，南京师范大学外国语学院教授，美国文明研究所所长，江苏省翻译协会理事，中美比较文化研究会常务理事。

A NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW EDITORS' CHOICEA magisterial new work that rewrites the story of America's foundingThe American Revolution is often portrayed as an orderly, restrained rebellion, with brave patriots defending their noble ideals against an oppressive empire. It’s a stirring narrative, and one the founders did their best to encourage after the war. But as historian H...(展开全部)

A breathtaking look at the new science that can track consciousness deep in the brain How does our brain generate a conscious thought? And why does so much of our knowledge remain unconscious? Thanks to clever psychological and brain-imaging experiments, scientists are closer to cracking this mystery than ever before. In this lively book, Stanislas Dehaene describes the pioneer...(展开全部)