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Futureproof Gold: The Voynich Manuscript

The mysterious text in the 15th century Voynich manuscript has plagued historians and cryptograph...

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07.00 4 Apr 2019


Futureproof Gold: The Voynich Manuscript



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07.00 4 Apr 2019


The mysterious text in the 15th century Voynich manuscript has plagued historians and
cryptographers since its discovery in the 19th century.

This ancient mystery made its way to the artificial intelligence community, where computing science professor Greg Kondrak was keen to
lend his expertise in natural language processing to the search.

Jonathan talked to Greg about his attempts to decipher its contents. First Aired 10/2/2018


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Artificial Intelligence Computer Science Cryptography Greg Kondrak History University Of Alberta

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