Simon Singh

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January 01, 1964 in Somerset, The United Kingdom

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http://www.simonsingh.net/

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Science, mathematic

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Simon Lehna Singh, MBE (born 1 January 1964) is a British author who has specialised in writing about mathematical and scientific topics in an accessible manner. He is the maiden winner of the Lilavati Award.

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), The Code Book (about cryptography and its history), Big Bang (about the Big Bang theory and the origins of the universe) and Trick or Treatment? Alternative Medicine on Trial (about complementary and alternative medicine).

He has also produced documentaries and works for television to accompany his books, is a trustee of NESTA, the National Museum of Science and Industry and co-...more

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My favoritest pic of Randi, on backpack, on Hari’s back on 1st day at nursery aged 2 this week. Slightly blurred. twitpic.com/9oxoor
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Average rating: 4.16 · 9,775 ratings · 796 reviews · 17 distinct works

	Fermat's Enigma: The Epic Quest to Solve the World's Greatest Mathematical Problem 4.12 avg rating — 3,894 ratings — published 1997 — 39 editions	My rating:
	The Code Book: The Science of Secrecy from Ancient Egypt to Quantum Cryptography 4.20 avg rating — 3,467 ratings — published 1999 — 29 editions	My rating:
	Big Bang: The Origin of the Universe 4.18 avg rating — 1,725 ratings — published 2004 — 18 editions	My rating:
	Trick or Treatment: The Undeniable Facts about Alternative Medicine by Simon Singh, Edzard Ernst 4.14 avg rating — 489 ratings — published 2008 — 9 editions	My rating:
	The Cracking Code Book 3.97 avg rating — 72 ratings — 8 editions	My rating:
	The science of secrecy: The secret history of codes and codebreaking 3.74 avg rating — 27 ratings	My rating:
	The Science Book 3.92 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 2003	My rating:
	The Science Book: 250 Milestones in the History of Science by Simon Singh, Peter Tallack (Editor) 3.73 avg rating — 15 ratings — published 2001 — 2 editions	My rating:
	Books by Simon Singh: Trick or Treatment, Big Bang, the Code Book, Fermat's Last Theorem 4.20 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2010	My rating:
	Uchū Sōsei: 2 by Simon Singh, 青木薫 (翻訳) 4.50 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2009	My rating:

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“Romantics might like to think of themselves as being composed of stardust. Cynics might prefer to think of themselves as nuclear waste.”
― Simon Singh

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“All that was required to measure the planet was a man with a stick and a brain. In other words, couple an intellect with some experimental apparatus and almost anything seems achievable.”
― Simon Singh, Big Bang: The Origin of the Universe

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