Modern Marvels
Season 8 Episode 16 - Codes.
Whenever a culture reaches a level of sophistication in literacy, science, and language, codes spring up spontaneously. As the social life of a community increases in complexity, the demands for private communication between two or more people inevitably lead to cryptology–a system of secret symbolic messages. We explore the rich history of communicating with secret symbols–from Egyptian hieroglyphics to Caesar's encrypted directives, from WWI and WWII codebreakers to cyberspace.
Episodes in Season 8
Battle Gear.
44 min
Proving Grounds
44 min
Commercial Jets
44 min
Apollo 13
44 min
Survival Technology
44 min
Chesapeake Bay Bridge and Tunnel
44 min
Garage Gadgets
44 min
Construction Machines
44 min
Hadrian's Wall
44 min
Monster Trucks.
44 min
Lighthouses
44 min
Computers
44 min
Engineering Disasters 3.
44 min
Chemical And Biological Weapons
44 min
International Airports II
44 min
Codes.
44 min
The M-16
44 min
The Colosseum
44 min
The World Trade Center
44 min
Hardware Stores
44 min
Saloons
44 min
More Gadgets
44 min
Cattle Ranches
44 min
Cannons.
44 min
Nuclear Subs
44 min
Air Shows
44 min
West Point
44 min
Quarries.
44 min
Diamond Mines
44 min
The House
44 min
Work Clothes
44 min
Bunkers.
44 min
Cemeteries.
44 min
War Games
44 min
Drive-Thru
44 min
Times Square
44 min
Los Angeles
44 min
Glass
44 min
Firing Ranges
44 min
The St. Louis Arch
44 min
