The Voynich Manuscript
Everything Everywhere Daily
English - December 05, 2020 18:00 - 11 minutes - ★★★★★ - 1.1K ratingsHistory Science education history science Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
In 1912, a Polish rare book dealer purchased an extremely old codex that contained an unknown system of writing. Since then, the best and brightest minds in cryptography, linguistics, and artificial intelligence have not been able to decipher what is written in the book. That hasn’t stopped people from trying and periodically making claims that they have cracked the code. Learn more about the Voynich Manuscript on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.
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In 1912, a Polish rare book dealer purchased an extremely old codex that contained an unknown system of writing. Since then, the best and brightest minds in cryptography, linguistics, and artificial intelligence have not been able to decipher what is written in the book. That hasn’t stopped people from trying and periodically making claims that they have cracked the code. Learn more about the Voynich Manuscript on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.
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