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Albert Einstein Quotes II
Cryptography
In Cryptography teasers, a phrase or expressions has been encoded in some way (frequently by replacing letters with other letters). You need to figure out the encoding method and then decode the message to find the answer.Cryptography
Can you decipher these quotes by Albert Einstein?
-Blf xzm mvevi hloev z kilyovn lm gsv ovevo lm dsrxs rg dzh xivzgvw.
-Blf xzmmlg hrnfogzmvlfhob kivevmg zmw kivkziv uli dzi.
-Blf szev gl ovzim gsv ifovh lu gsv tznv. Zmw gsvm blf szev gl kozb yvggvi gszm zmblmv vohv.
-Blf xzm mvevi hloev z kilyovn lm gsv ovevo lm dsrxs rg dzh xivzgvw.
-Blf xzmmlg hrnfogzmvlfhob kivevmg zmw kivkziv uli dzi.
-Blf szev gl ovzim gsv ifovh lu gsv tznv. Zmw gsvm blf szev gl kozb yvggvi gszm zmblmv vohv.
Answer
-You can never solve a problem on the level on which it was created.-You cannot simultaneously prevent and prepare for war.
-You have to learn the rules of the game. And then you have to play better than anyone else.
The Atbash cipher is used to decipher this teaser. The Atbash cipher is a very specific case of a substitution cipher where the letters of the alphabet are reversed. In other words, all A's are replaced with Z's, all B's are replaced with Y's, and so on.
Because reversing the alphabet twice will get you actual alphabet, you can encipher and decipher a message using the exact same algorithm.
Here is the answer key:
A-Z
B-Y
C-X
D-W
E-V
F-U
G-T
H-S
I-R
J-Q
K-P
L-O
M-N
N-M
O-L
P-K
Q-J
R-I
S-H
T-G
U-F
V-E
W-D
X-C
Y-B
Z-A
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Nice and simple.
I'm going through all these puzzles to solve them all. I love cryptography!!
Easy once I realized how uniform the letter substitution was.
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