In 1912 an antiquarian bookseller bought a very old book. Nothing unusual there.  After all, booksellers need to buy books in order to be able to sell them! What was unusual about this particular book, however, was that it was, and has remained, completely indecipherable. Wilfrid Voynich, the bookseller in question, had opened his… Read More

  At 29,029 feet, Mount Everest is the world’s tallest mountain. By 1953, despite numerous attempts, no one had  successfully scaled the Himalayan  peak. That year, a British expedition led by John Hunt, would attempt to become the first to conquer the summit. The team opted to try a route through the Khumbu Icefall and… Read More