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Simon Singh

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Simon Lehna Singh, (born 19 September 1964) is a British popular science author and theoretical and particle physicist. 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), Trick or Treatment? Alternative Medicine on Trial (about complementary and alternative medicine, co-written by Edzard Ernst) and The Simpsons and Their Mathematical Secrets (about mathematical ideas and theorems hidden in episodes of The Simpsons and Futurama). In 2012 Singh founded the Good Thinking Society, through which he created the website "Parallel" to help students learn mathematics. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Simon Singh is the 958th most popular mathematician (up from 961st in 2019), the 6,033rd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 6,012th in 2019) and the 111th most popular British Mathematician.

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Simon Singh ranks 958 out of 1,004. Before him are Kathleen Ollerenshaw, Keith Devlin, Henry John Stephen Smith, Alexander Beilinson, David Singmaster, and Timothy Gowers. After him are Alicia Dickenstein, Bhama Srinivasan, Éva Tardos, Stanley Skewes, Ben Green, and Bill Gosper.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1964, Simon Singh ranks 579. Before him are Lars Myrberg, Siriporn Ampaipong, Franz Wohlfahrt, Carole Merle, Yeardley Smith, and Pat Fry. After him are Ludmila Engquist, Emilia Eberle, Bonnie Blair, Yūko Mizutani, Mark Cerny, and Valeri Tikhonenko.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Simon Singh ranks 6,035 out of 8,785. Before him are Pat Fry (1964), Bradley James (1983), Richard van der Riet Woolley (1906), Allan Wells (1952), Mike Gascoyne (1963), and Brian Moore (1921). After him are Paddy McNair (1995), Mike Coughlan (1959), David Barron (1954), Stuart Bingham (1976), Emily Bergl (1975), and Josh Herdman (1987).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In United Kingdom

Among mathematicians born in United Kingdom, Simon Singh ranks 111. Before him are Nigel Hitchin (1946), Stuart Milner-Barry (1906), Charles Hutton (1737), Kathleen Ollerenshaw (1912), Keith Devlin (1947), and Timothy Gowers (1963). After him are Ben Green (1977), Dusa McDuff (1945), Frank Adams (1930), Philippa Fawcett (1868), Graham Higman (1917), and Marcus du Sautoy (1965).

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