/SYMBOLOGY & CRYPTOLOGY

SYMBOLOGY & CRYPTOLOGY

SYMBOLOGY is, simply, the study of symbols.

For an online encyclopedia of symbols, go to www.symbols.com to view different symbols by category, alphabetical order, or searching.

For reading on symbols and symbology:

or at a library near you or at a library near you or at a library near you

CRYPTOLOGY is the study of cryptography, or the process of reading or writing secret codes and messages.

A free course on cryptography by Dan Boneh of Stanford University at Coursera and for part 2 of the course.

Learn more about crytography from the Khan Academy.

For reading on crytography:

or at a library near you or at a library near you or at a library near you

The Book of Symbols combines original and incisive essays about particular symbols with representative images from all parts of the world and all eras of history. The highly readable texts and almost 800 beautiful full-color images come together in a unique way to convey hidden dimensions of meaning.

In nearly 1500 entries, many of them strikingly and often surprisingly illustrated, J. C. Cooper has documented the history and evolution of symbols from prehistory to our own day. With over 200 illustrations and lively, informative and often ironic texts, she discusses and explains an enormous variety of symbols extending from the Arctic to Dahomey, from the Iroquois to Oceana, and coming from systems as diverse as Tao, Christianity, Judaism, Buddhism, Islam, Tantra, ...

This remarkable and wide-ranging book is an inventory of symbols and the symbolic imagination. The editors and their fifteen contributors are drawn from a variety of scholarly backgrounds—including anthropology, ethnology, psychotherapy and art history. This diversity of approach is responsible for the book's unique character, a reflection of the multiplicity of symbols and signs and the phenomenal range of possible interpretations they offer.

Those who delight in puzzles can find much to ponder on here," declared Science News Letter of this excellent introduction to cryptography. Concise and simple explanations cover transposition and substitution ciphers, codes, and their solutions. More than 150 problems provide practical applications as well as tests of ingenuity.

Numbers have fascinated people for centuries. They are familiar to everyone, forming a central pillar of our understanding of the world, yet the number system was not presented to us “gift-wrapped” but, rather, was developed over millennia. Peter Higgins distills centuries of work into one delightful narrative that celebrates the mystery of numbers and explains how different kinds of numbers arose and why they are useful.

This invaluable introduction to the basics of encryption covers everything from the terminology used in the field to specific technologies to the pros and cons of different implementations.

The Da Vinci Code

SYMBOLOGY & CRYPTOLOGY