Location London, England, United Kingdom Regions Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA) Gender Male
Website simonsingh.net/ X (Twitter) View on X
Simon Singh is a British author who has specialized in writing about mathematical and scientific topics in an accessible manner.
His written works include Fermat's Last Theorem, The Code Book (about cryptography and its history), Big Bang (about the Big Bang theory and the origins of the universe), Trick or Treatment? Alternative Medicine
on Trial (about complementary and alternative medicine), and The Simpsons and Their Mathematical Secrets (about mathematical ideas and theorems hidden in episodes of The Simpsons and Futurama).
Simon, who completed a PhD degree in particle physics at the University of Cambridge, has also produced a BAFTA award-winning documentary and presented programs on radio and television. He also co-founded the Undergraduate Ambassadors Scheme. After being sued for libel by the British Chiropractic Association in 2008, he successfully defended his writing and became a campaigner for libel reform. The Libel Reform Campaign successfully lobbied for the Defamation Act 2013.
Singh was born on September 19, 1964.
