An Irish novel that became a sensation in the USSR

Re:An Irish novel that became a sensation in the USSR by mastazi on Friday January 27, 2017 @01:35PM (#13501566)

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

[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.

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Re:An Irish novel that became a sensation in the USSR by dmix on Saturday January 28, 2017 @12:06AM (#13505022)

Oh 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

This is why I try avoid HN. But none the less, very interesting! ;)

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Re:An Irish novel that became a sensation in the USSR by mastazi on Sunday January 29, 2017 @07:55PM (#13517860)

I just wanted to follow up on this, last night I watched that doco and I found it very enjoyable, thanks for the link!

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