Simon Singh

Not to be confused with Simone Singh.

Simon Singh
MBE
Singh in 2013 at the Merseyside Skeptics Society
Born
Simon Lehna Singh

(1964-09-19) 19 September 1964 (age 60)
Wellington, Somerset, England
NationalityBritish
EducationWellington School, Somerset
Alma mater
Known for
Spouse
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(m. 2007)​
Children2
Awards
Scientific career
InstitutionsCERN
BBC
ThesisHeavy flavour physics at the CERN PP̄ collider (1991)
Simon Singh's voice
recorded August 2014
Websitesimonsingh.net
Notes
Tom Singh (brother)

Simon Lehna Singh, MBE (born 19 September 1964) is a British popular science author, theoretical and particle physicist. His written works include Fermat's Last Theorem (in the United States titled Fermat's Enigma: The Epic Quest to Solve the World's Greatest Mathematical Problem),[6][7] The Code Book[8] (about cryptography and its history), Big Bang[9] (about the Big Bang theory and the origins of the universe), Trick or Treatment? Alternative Medicine on Trial[10] (about complementary and alternative medicine, co-written by Edzard Ernst) and The Simpsons and Their Mathematical Secrets (about mathematical ideas and theorems hidden in episodes of The Simpsons and Futurama).[11] In 2012 Singh founded the Good Thinking Society,[12] through which he created the website "Parallel" to help students learn mathematics.

Singh has also produced documentaries and works for television to accompany his books, is a trustee of the National Museum of Science and Industry, a patron of Humanists UK, founder of the Good Thinking Society, and co-founder of the Undergraduate Ambassadors Scheme.

  1. ^ "Book awards: Science Writing Award". Library Thing. Retrieved 7 April 2018.
  2. ^ "Simon Singh wins Maiden Leelavati Award" (PDF). Math Union. Retrieved 10 February 2018.
  3. ^ "Author Simon Singh Will Receive First-Ever Lilavati Award at ICM 2010". Mathematical Association of America. 9 August 2010. Archived from the original on 13 December 2020. Retrieved 7 July 2021.
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  5. ^ "Simon Singh: "The Simpsons and Their Mathematical Secrets" – Talks at Google". 4 December 2013. Archived from the original on 12 December 2021 – via YouTube.
  6. ^ Singh, Simon (1997). Fermat's Last Theorem. Fourth Estate. ISBN 1857026691.
  7. ^ Singh, Simon (1998). Fermat's Enigma: The Epic Quest to Solve the World's Greatest Mathematical Problem. Anchor. ISBN 0385493622.
  8. ^ Singh, Simon (2000). The Code Book: The Science of Secrecy from Ancient Egypt to Quantum Cryptography. Anchor. ISBN 0385495323.
  9. ^ Singh, Simon (2005). Big Bang: The Origin of the Universe. Fourth Estate. ISBN 0007162200.
  10. ^ Singh, Simon; Ernst, Edzard (2008). Trick or Treatment? Alternative Medicine on Trial. Transworld. ISBN 978-0593061299.
  11. ^ Singh, Simon (2013). The Simpsons and Their Mathematical Secrets. Bloomsbury Publishing. ISBN 978-1620402771.
  12. ^ Simon Singh (2 September 2012). "About". GTS website. Good Thinking Society. Retrieved 29 May 2015.