Simon Singh

British mathematician, journalist and science communicator · United Kingdom · On the map · Academics · Born 1964 · age 62

Simon Singh is read about 169 times a day, in 24 languages.

A typical day, 30 days to 6 November 2026

The middle day of the days counted, so one week of news cannot move it. The line under it is the last 104 days, one point a day.

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A life in dates

2022Christopher Zeeman MedalAward2014“… 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.”In their words(review of 2014 book by )Read the whole statement

2010Leelavati AwardAward2008Kelvin PrizeAward2007IET Kelvin LectureAward2005“Romantics might like to think of themselves as being composed of stardust. Cynics might prefer to think of themselves as nuclear waste.”In their wordsBig Bang: The Origin of the Universe, 2005, Fourth Estate,Read the whole statement

1997“What seems certain is that Pythagoras developed the idea of mathematical logic...”In their wordsFermat's Last Theorem (1997)Read the whole statement

1964Born19 September 1964