RESOURCES USED IN THE FORMULATION OF THIS THEORY AND FURTHER READING
Voynich Manuscript:
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VoynichCentral
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Tycho Brahe:
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SN 1572:
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SN 1604:
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Star of Bethlehem:
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Burke-Gaffney, W.
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Historical Tensions between Astronomy and Religion:
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Laurence A. Marschall. "The supernova story."
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Astronomy and Disaster:
Marcelo Gleiser. "The Prophet and the Astronomer: Apocalyptic Science and the End of the World"
http://www.scribd.com/doc/23188495/The-Prophet-and-the-Astronomer
"New Light on the Black Death: The Cosmic Connection by M. G. L. Baillie."
Book review by Laura Knight-Jadczyk. SOTT.NET Book Review
Wed, 19 Dec 2007.
http://www.sott.net/articles/show/145683-New-Light-on-the-Black-Death-The-Cosmic-Connection
National Medicometeorology Research Symposium of China 11–14 November 1980. International Journal of Biometeorology. SpringerLink.
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Kircher:
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Paula Findlen. "Athanasius Kircher: the last man who knew everything." Preview: Google books.
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