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Simon Singh

1964 - Today

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Simon Lehna Singh, (born 19 September 1964) is a British popular science author, 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). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Simon Singh has received more than 766,105 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). Simon Singh is the 961st most popular mathematician (down from 846th in 2019), the 6,009th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 5,012th in 2019) and the 112th most popular British Mathematician.

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  • 770k

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  • 39.54

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 24

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.78

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.63

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Simon Singh ranks 961 out of 1,004. Before him are Marcus du Sautoy, Frank Adams, Fan Chung, Peter Sarnak, Nigel Hitchin, and Dusa McDuff. After him are Béla Bollobás, Harald Helfgott, Krystyna Kuperberg, Alicia Dickenstein, Irving Kaplansky, and William Spottiswoode.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1964, Simon Singh ranks 610. Before him are Eloy Olaya, Madonna Wayne Gacy, Augustin Matata Ponyo, Bill Browder, Jim Jordan, and Stratos Apostolakis. After him are Kim Kwang-sun, Ayman Nour, Yasuharu Sorimachi, Petar Hubchev, William Tanui, and Yvonne van Gennip.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Simon Singh ranks 6,009 out of 8,785. Before him are Leon Brittan (1939), Frederick Denison Maurice (1805), Evelyn Glennie (1965), Jessica Brown Findlay (1989), Simon Wells (1961), and Sheila Jeffreys (1948). After him are Victoria Hislop (1959), Ian Porterfield (1946), Phil O'Donnell (1972), Tamzin Merchant (1987), Tom Burke (1981), and Jodie Marsh (1978).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In United Kingdom

Among mathematicians born in United Kingdom, Simon Singh ranks 112. Before him are Timothy Gowers (1963), Kathleen Ollerenshaw (1912), Marcus du Sautoy (1965), Frank Adams (1930), Nigel Hitchin (1946), and Dusa McDuff (1945). After him are William Spottiswoode (1825), Philippa Fawcett (1868), Keith Devlin (1947), Stuart Milner-Barry (1906), Ben Green (1977), and Hannah Fry (1984).

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