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"A Mystery, Unraveled Twice," by Gina Kolata. Science Times, New York Times, 14 April 1998.

This article discusses a 16th century manuscript on communication with spirits that was written in code. In the last few years, two mathematicians, working independently, each cracked the code.

--- Allyn Jackson

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