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British mathematician, journalist and science communicator (born 1964)

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Simon Lehna Singh, is a British popular science author and theoretical and particle physicist. His written works include Fermat's Last Theorem, The Code Book, Big Bang, Trick or Treatment? Alternative Medicine on Trial and The Simpsons and Their Mathematical Secrets.

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Simon Singh
said · 2014
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… did you know that 60% of measurements and statistics start with a 1, 2 or 3? Distance to the sun, 150,000,000km, starts with a 1. Height of Everest, 29,000ft, starts with a 2.

(review of 2014 book by )

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Simon Singh
said · 2005
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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.

Big Bang: The Origin of the Universe, 2005, Fourth Estate,

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Simon Singh
said · 1997
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What seems certain is that Pythagoras developed the idea of mathematical logic...

Fermat's Last Theorem (1997)

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Awards 7

2022Christopher Zeeman Medal
2010Leelavati Award
2008Kelvin Prize
2007IET Kelvin Lecture
Member of the Order of the British Empire
Fellow of the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry
Science Writing Award

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Simon Lehna Singh, is a British popular science author and theoretical and particle physicist. His written works include Fermat's Last Theorem, The Code Book, Big Bang, Trick or Treatment? Alternative Medicine on Trial and The Simpsons and Their Mathematical Secrets. In 2012 Singh founded the Good Thinking Society, through which he created the website "Parallel" to help students learn mathematics.

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Born 1964 · age 62
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