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Computer Scientist Claims Clues to Deciphering Mysterious Voynich Manuscript
Wilfrid Michael Voynich, discoverer of the Voynich manuscript, among his books in Soho Square, London.
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Greg Kondrack, a computer scientist at the University of Alberta, says he's uncovered clues to deciphering a mysterious medieval manuscript that has baffled experts for generations.
The Voynich manuscript dates from the early 1400s and is written in an unknown language with an unknown script, scrambled by an unknown code. Dozens of attempts have failed to unlock its secrets. Even the famed Second World War cryptographers who cracked the Nazi's Enigma codes couldn't read the Voynich.
In a published paper, Kondrack says he's used powerful artificial intelligence to open a sliver of daylight in the murk.
From The Globe and Mail
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