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Ethel Voynich also inherited the misterious Voynich manuscript[1] which is one of the most studied texts in the history of cryptography: https://en.wikipedia.or
by mastazi 10y ago
Ethel Voynich also inherited the misterious Voynich manuscript[1] which is one of the most studied texts in the history of cryptography: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voynich_manuscript https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voynich_manuscript
[1] "In 1930, the manuscript was inherited after Wilfrid's death by his widow Ethel Voynich, author of the novel The Gadfly and daughter of mathematician George Boole. She died in 1960 and left the manuscript to her close friend Anne Nill" - from the Wikipedia page linked above.
- dmix 10y agoOh great, I've never heard of the Voynich manuscript now I've spent the last hour reading Wikipedia and watching this doc https://youtu.be/awGN5NApDy4 https://youtu.be/awGN5NApDy4 This is why I try avoid HN. But none the less, very interesting! ;)
- mastazi 10y agoI just wanted to follow up on this, last night I watched that doco and I found it very enjoyable, thanks for the link!