David Kahn
David Kahn has died. His groundbreaking book, The Codebreakers, was the first serious book I read about codebreaking, and one of the primary reasons I entered this field.
He will be missed.
EDITED TO ADD (2/4): Funeral website.
EDITED TO ADD (2/10): New York Times obituary.
sam • February 2, 2024 5:18 PM
I too was first intrigued by Kahn’s The Codebreakers. I feel for his family; it makes me lonely to lose someone who I have only ever read. I believe that your early edition of Applied Cryptography was the follow-up to The Codebreakers. Stay healthy!