The GCHQ Puzzle Book: Perfect for anyone who likes a good headscratcher
Autor GCHQen Limba Engleză Paperback – 19 oct 2016
Would GCHQ recruit you? Pit your wits against the people who cracked Enigma in the official puzzle book from Britain's top secret intelligence and security organisation
Over the years, their codebreakers have helped keep our country safe, from the Bletchley Park breakthroughs of WWII to the modern-day threat of cyber attack. So it comes as no surprise that, even in their time off, the staff at GCHQ love a good puzzle.
Whether they're recruiting new staff or challenging each other to the toughest Christmas quizzes and treasure hunts imaginable, puzzles are at the heart of what GCHQ does. Now they're opening up their archives of decades' worth of codes, puzzles and challenges for everyone to try.
In this book you will find:
- Tips on how to get into the mindset of a codebreaker
- Puzzles ranging in difficulty from easy to brain-bending
- A competition section where we search for Britain's smartest puzzler
With hundreds of stimulating puzzles,The GCHQ Puzzle Bookis the perfect companion and will keep you occupied as you attempt to beat the smartest brains in Britain.
GOOD LUCK!
'Fiendish . . .as frustrating, divisive and annoying as it isdeeply fulfilling'Guardian
'Ideal for the crossword enthusiast'Daily Telegraph
Looking for more ways to test yourself?The GCHQ Puzzle Book 2,a new collection of head-scratching, mind-boggling and brain-bending puzzles is out now!
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780718185541
ISBN-10: 0718185544
Pagini: 368
Dimensiuni: 153 x 234 x 28 mm
Greutate: 0.54 kg
Editura: Penguin Books
Colecția Michael Joseph
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom
ISBN-10: 0718185544
Pagini: 368
Dimensiuni: 153 x 234 x 28 mm
Greutate: 0.54 kg
Editura: Penguin Books
Colecția Michael Joseph
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom
Notă biografică
GCHQ
(Government
Communications
Headquarters)
is
a
signals
intelligence
and
cyber
security
organisation
whose
mission
is
to
keep
Britain
safe
from
terror
attacks
and
cybercrime.
Recenzii
A
fiendish
work,
as
frustrating,
divisive
and
annoying
as
it
is
deeply
fulfilling:
the
true
spirit
of
Christmas
Surely the trickiest puzzle book in years. Crack these fiendish problems and Trivial Pursuit should be a doddle
Ideal for the crossword enthusiast
An explosion of a puzzle collection, too, with hundreds of questions and loads of peripheral material, including captioned photographs and history of twentieth-century British encryption, featuring the work of Alan Turing
This isn't your grandfather's Sudoku book. Rather, it's a puzzle compendium put together by the organisation that made the Bletchley Park breakthroughs - quizzes, bewilderments and brainteasers to challenge even the sharpest of minds
WINNER OF STOCKING FILLER OF THE YEAR AWARD
Surely the trickiest puzzle book in years. Crack these fiendish problems and Trivial Pursuit should be a doddle
Ideal for the crossword enthusiast
An explosion of a puzzle collection, too, with hundreds of questions and loads of peripheral material, including captioned photographs and history of twentieth-century British encryption, featuring the work of Alan Turing
This isn't your grandfather's Sudoku book. Rather, it's a puzzle compendium put together by the organisation that made the Bletchley Park breakthroughs - quizzes, bewilderments and brainteasers to challenge even the sharpest of minds
WINNER OF STOCKING FILLER OF THE YEAR AWARD