Editing Simon Singh (section)

{{short description|British physicist and popular science author (born 1964)}}{{Not to be confused with|Simone Singh}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2024}}
{{Infobox scientist
| name              = Simon Singh
| honorific_suffix = {{post-nominals|country=GBR|MBE|size=100%}}
| birth_name        = Simon Lehna Singh
| image             = Simon Singh at the Merseyside Skeptics Society (cropped).jpg
| image_size        =
| alt               =
| caption           = Singh in 2013 at the [[Merseyside Skeptics Society]]
| birth_date        = {{Birth date and age|1964|09|19|df=yes}}
| birth_place       = [[Wellington, Somerset]], England
| death_date        = <!-- {{Death date and age|YYYY|MM|DD|YYYY|MM|DD}} (death date then birth date) -->
| death_place       =
| resting_place             =
| resting_place_coordinates = <!-- {{Coord|LAT|LONG|type:landmark|display=inline,title}} -->
| citizenship       =
| nationality       = British
| fields            =
| workplaces        = [[CERN]]<br />[[BBC]]
| education         = [[Wellington School, Somerset]]
| alma_mater        = {{Plainlist|
* [[Imperial College London]] ([[BSc]])
* [[University of Cambridge]] ([[PhD]]) <!--Emmanuel College doesn't award degrees-->}}
| thesis_title      = Heavy flavour physics at the CERN PP̄ collider
| thesis_url        = http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.385498
| thesis_year       = 1991
| doctoral_advisor  =
| academic_advisors =
| doctoral_students =
| notable_students  =
| known_for         = {{Plainlist|
* ''[[BCA v. Singh|BCA v Singh]]'' libel case<ref name="libel"/>
* [[Fermat's Last Theorem (book)|''Fermat's Last Theorem'' (book)]]
* [[Big Bang (Singh book)|''Big Bang'' (book)]]
* ''[[The Code Book]]''
* ''[[The Simpsons and Their Mathematical Secrets]]''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bk_Kjpl2AaA |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211212/bk_Kjpl2AaA| archive-date=2021-12-12 |url-status=live|title=Simon Singh: "The Simpsons and Their Mathematical Secrets" – Talks at Google|date=4 December 2013|via=YouTube}}{{cbignore}}</ref>}}
| awards            = {{Plainlist|
* [[Science Writing Award]] (2006)<ref>{{cite web|title=Book awards: Science Writing Award|url=https://www.librarything.com/bookaward/Science+Writing+Award|publisher=Library Thing|access-date=7 April 2018}}</ref>
* [[Kelvin Prize]] (2008)
* [[HealthWatch|HealthWatch Award]] (2010)
* [[Leelavati Award]] (2010)<ref>{{cite web|title=Simon Singh wins Maiden Leelavati Award|url=https://www.mathunion.org/fileadmin/IMU/Prizes/Leelavati/LeelavatiPrizeWinner2010-PressRelease.pdf|publisher=Math Union|access-date=10 February 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Author Simon Singh Will Receive First-Ever Lilavati Award at ICM 2010|url=https://www.maa.org/news/math-news/author-simon-singh-will-receive-first-ever-lilavati-award-at-icm-2010|publisher=[[Mathematical Association of America]]|date=9 August 2010|access-date=7 July 2021|archive-date=13 December 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201213020710/https://www.maa.org/news/math-news/author-simon-singh-will-receive-first-ever-lilavati-award-at-icm-2010|url-status=dead}}</ref>}}
| signature         = <!--(filename only)-->
| signature_alt     =
| website           =  {{URL|simonsingh.net}}
| footnotes         = [[Tom Singh]] (brother)
| spouse            = {{marriage|[[Anita Anand (journalist)|Anita Anand]]|2007}}
| children          = 2
| module =  <span align="center">{{Listen|embed=yes|filename = Simon Singh voice.ogg  |title = Simon Singh's voice |type = speech |description = <span align="center">[[:File:Simon Singh voice.ogg|recorded August 2014]]</span> }}</span>
}}

'''Simon Lehna Singh''', {{post-nominals|country=GBR|MBE}} (born 19 September 1964) is a British [[popular science]] author and theoretical and particle physicist.  His written works include ''[[Fermat's Last Theorem (book)|Fermat's Last Theorem]]'' (in the United States titled ''Fermat's Enigma: The Epic Quest to Solve the World's Greatest Mathematical Problem''),<ref name="fermatslast">{{cite book | last=Singh | first= Simon | title=Fermat's Last Theorem | publisher=Fourth Estate | year=1997 | isbn=1857026691}}</ref><ref name="fermatsenigma">{{cite book | last=Singh | first= Simon | title=Fermat's Enigma: The Epic Quest to Solve the World's Greatest Mathematical Problem | title-link= Fermat's Enigma | publisher=Anchor | year=1998 | isbn=0385493622}}</ref> ''[[The Code Book]]''<ref name="codebook">{{cite book | last=Singh | first= Simon | title=The Code Book: The Science of Secrecy from Ancient Egypt to Quantum Cryptography | title-link= The Code Book | publisher=Anchor | year=2000 | isbn=0385495323}}</ref> (about [[cryptography]] and [[history of cryptography|its history]]), ''[[Big Bang (Singh book)|Big Bang]]''<ref name="bigbang">{{cite book | last=Singh | first= Simon | title=Big Bang: The Origin of the Universe | title-link= Big Bang (Singh book) | publisher=Fourth Estate | year=2005 | isbn=0007162200}}</ref> (about the [[Big Bang]] theory and the origins of the universe), ''[[Trick or Treatment|Trick or Treatment? Alternative Medicine on Trial]]''<ref name="trick">{{cite book | last1=Singh | first1= Simon | last2= Ernst | first2= Edzard | author-link2=Edzard Ernst | title=Trick or Treatment? Alternative Medicine on Trial| title-link= Trick or Treatment | publisher=Transworld | year=2008 | isbn=978-0593061299}}</ref> (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]]'').<ref>{{cite book|last=Singh|first=Simon|title=The Simpsons and Their Mathematical Secrets|year=2013|publisher=Bloomsbury Publishing|isbn=978-1620402771|url=http://www.bloomsbury.com/us/the-simpsons-and-their-mathematical-secrets-9781620402771/}}</ref> In 2012 Singh founded the [[Good Thinking Society]],<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://goodthinkingsociety.org/about/ |title=About |author=Simon Singh |work=GTS website |date=2 September 2012 |publisher=Good Thinking Society |access-date=29 May 2015}}</ref> through which he created the website "Parallel" to help students learn mathematics.

Singh has also produced documentaries and works for television to accompany his books, is a trustee of 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]].