Author:GCHQ
Sharpen your mind to beat the smartest brains in Britain with the original official GCHQ puzzle book
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 Book is 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!
A fiendish work, as frustrating, divisive and annoying as it is deeply fulfilling: the true spirit of Christmas
—— GuardianSurely the trickiest puzzle book in years. Crack these fiendish problems and Trivial Pursuit should be a doddle
—— Daily TelegraphIdeal for the crossword enthusiast
—— Daily TelegraphAn 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
—— The Times Literary SupplementThis 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
—— The Gentleman's JournalWINNER OF STOCKING FILLER OF THE YEAR AWARD
—— THE GUARDIANExhilarating…vibrant and vivid
—— Stuart Winter, author of Tales of a Tabloid TwitcherDelightful and insightful
—— Dominic Couzens, author of Tales of Remarkable BirdsHis latest book, A Sky Full of Birds, delights in the simple joys of birding in this country.
—— Joe Shute, TelegraphFluid, imaginative and poetic yet full of facts...Great stuff
—— Bo Beolens , FatbirderAn intensely personal journey and a celebration of the restorative powers of nature
—— Rob Lambert , BBC Wildlife MagazineThis beautifully written book will transport you to a world where birdwatching is more than just ticking a species off a list. Matt Merritt writes from the heart and takes us on a very personal journey around Britain
—— CountrysideMoore writes about this band of ad hoc scientists with brio, and it’s hard not to be awed and charmed by their united quest to prove that earth’s atmosphere was not chaotic beyond comprehension, that it could be studied, understood and, ultimately, predicted … Detailed and insightful, this book is as relevant as ever in this era of rapid climate change.
—— Kirkus ReviewsRich and enlightening, I’ll never look at a dewy morning in the same way again.
—— Sarah BakewellFor illuminating a byway of scientific history that many scarcely knew existed we must thank Peter Moore, whose superbly researched an grippingly written book is more than a dusty account of early meteorologists
—— Richard Morrison , The TimesMoore does an excellent job of telling the story of meteorological advances
—— Good Book Guideenlightening… to read it is a joy
—— John Owen , Country & Town HouseA compelling journey through the early history of weather forecasting, bringing to life the personalities, lives and achievements of the men who put in place the building blocks required for forecasts to be possible.
—— Susan Ballard , Physics WorldEnthralling history of weather forecasting… Moore’s book records the adventure, drama and occasional tragedy involved in bringing us the calm reassurance of the nightly weather forecast.
—— Jane Shilling , Daily MailSuperbly researched and gripping book… He darts across continents, embracing swashbuckling sea captains and fastidious bureaucrats, penny-pinching politicians and mad inventors, with as sharp an eye for absurdity and tragedy as for genius.
—— Richard Morrison , The Times