Simon Singh
Author of The Code Book: The Science of Secrecy from Ancient Egypt to Quantum Cryptography
About the Author
Simon Singh was born in Great Britain in 1964 and educated at Imperial College and the University of Cambridge (where he received a Ph. D. in particle physics). He worked at the European Centre for Particle Physics and the BBC's science department. At the BBC, he worked on Tomorrow's World. Singh show more and John Lynch produced and directed an award-winning documentary on Fermat's Last Theory. He later published a book on the same topic. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
Image credit: Credit: Steve Trigg, 2005, Brisbane
Works by Simon Singh
The Code Book: The Science of Secrecy from Ancient Egypt to Quantum Cryptography (1999) — Author — 5,861 copies
Fermat's Last Theorem: The Story of a Riddle That Confounded the World's Greatest Minds for 358 Years (1997) 4,689 copies
Hieroglyphs 1 copy
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- Legal name
- Singh, Simon Lehna
- Birthdate
- 1964-09-19
- Gender
- male
- Nationality
- UK
- Birthplace
- Somerset, England, UK
- Places of residence
- Wellington, Somerset, England, UK
- Education
- Imperial College London (BSc)
University of Cambridge (Ph.D | 1989 - Emmanuel College) - Occupations
- BBC producer
physicist
documentary film maker - Relationships
- Anand, Anita (wife)
- Organizations
- BBC
- Awards and honors
- Order of the British Empire (Member ∙ 2003)
Leelavati Prize (2010)
Fellow, Committee for Skeptical Inquiry (2011)
Kelvin Medal (2008) - Agent
- Patrick Walsh
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Statistics
- Works
- 13
- Also by
- 1
- Members
- 13,796
- Popularity
- #1,678
- Rating
- 4.1
- Reviews
- 206
- ISBNs
- 227
- Languages
- 24
- Favorited
- 37