The Most Secretive Book in History
A bizarre medieval manuscript written in a language no one can read has baffled the world’s best cryptologists, stumped the most powerful code-breaking computers, and been written off as a masterful hoax. Can the hive mind finally unlock its secrets?  The breakthrough , when it finally came , hap in a most unremarkable elbow room . Stephen Bax was in his habitation office late at night . It was April 2013 , and he ’d spent the previous 10 month poring over reproduction of a15th - century manuscriptbursting with gonzo drawings : distaff figures in fleeceable tub ; astrological symbol ; intricate geometric designs ; industrial plant that seemed intimate but also just slightly off ....