Bengt Beckman
Swedish mathematician, professor, and author
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| Intro | Swedish mathematician, professor, and author | |
| Places | Sweden | |
| was | Mathematician | |
| Work field | Mathematics | |
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| Birth | 1925 | |
| Death | 13 March 2012 (aged 87 years) |
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Biography
Bengt Beckman (30 September 1925 – 13 March 2012) was a Swedish mathematician, university professor and bestselling author.
He has worked as a research engineer at Tandem laboratory in Uppsala, Sweden. As an author, he has written about cryptography in Sweden, particularly about Arne Beurling.
Publications
Some of his books and papers are:
- Swedish cryptography exploits, Bonniers, 1996, ISBN 91-0-056229-7
- The world's first encryption machine - Gripenstiernas cipher-Machine 1786, the National Defense Radio Establishment, Bromma, 1999
- So snapped the Z machine - reconstruction of the Lorenz SZ40 / 42, the National Defense Radio Establishment, Bromma, 1999
- Swedish Signal Intelligence: 1900-1945, Frank Cass Publishers, 2002, ISBN 0-7146-5211-3
- In front of your eyes - drawings and comments, Johanneshov, 2010