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Simon Lehna Singh, is a British popular science author, theoretical and particle physicist whose works largely contain a strong mathematical element. 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.Singh has also produced documentaries and works for television to accompany his books, is a trustee of NESTA and the National Museum of Science and Industry, a patron of Humanists UK, founder of the Good Thinking Society, and co-founder of the Undergraduate Ambassadors Scheme. Wikipedia  

✵ 19. September 1964
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Famous Simon Singh Quotes

“Romantics might like to think of themselves as being composed of stardust. Cynics might prefer to think of themselves as nuclear waste.”

Simon Singh book Big Bang

Big Bang: The Origin of the Universe, Fourth Estate, ISBN 0-00-716220-0

“All that was required to measure the planet was a man with a stick and a brain. In other words, couple an intellect with some experimental apparatus and almost anything seems achievable.”

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Source: Big Bang: The Origin of the Universe

“We are 13.7 billion light-years from the edge of the observable universe; that's a good estimate with well-defined error bars and with the available information, I predict that I will always be with you.”

Simon Singh

Nine Million Bicycles, alternative lyrics. http://www.guardian.co.uk/g2/story/0,3604,1581445,00.html http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=21iUUe-W8L4

“What seems certain is that Pythagoras developed the idea of mathematical logic… He realized that numbers exist independently of the tangible world and therefore their study was untainted by inaccuracies of perception. This meant he could discover truths which were independent of opinion of prejudice and which were more absolute then any previous knowledge.”

Simon Singh

Fermat's Last Theorem (1997)

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