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Podcast: Skeptics in the Pub Online Podcast
Episode: The Voynich Manuscript: The World's most Enigmatic Book from a Skeptical Perspective - Elonka Dunin and Klaus Schmeh
Description: The Voynich Manuscript is a handwritten book that probably dates back to the late Middle Ages. It is written in a script that no one can read. The Voynich manuscript has been studied by many professional and amateur cryptographers, including American and British codebreakers from both the First and Second World Wars. Still, the manuscript has never been demonstrably deciphered, and the mystery of its meaning and origin has excited the popular imagination, making it the subject of speculation and pseudoscience. This presentation explores the background behind the manuscript and its cryptic features. The most important scientific and pseudoscientific...