Won Christopher Zeeman Medal (2022).
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Simon Singh
Simon Lehna Singh, is a British popular science author and theoretical and particle physicist. 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, through which he created the website "Parallel" to help students learn mathematics.
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Born 19 September 1964 · Q442643
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2022· 1 entry
2013· 2 entries
The Guardian: Science Weekly podcast: Simon Singh talks maths and The Simpsons
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The Guardian: Fermat's Last Theorem by Simon Singh – review | Tim Radford
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2012· 4 entries
The Guardian: Simon Singh threatened with legal action for criticising health magazine
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The Guardian: Simon Singh: heresy is at the heart of science – video
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The Guardian: Why we sued Simon Singh: the British Chiropractic Association speaks | Edzard Ernst
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Singh founded the Good Thinking Society, through which he created the website "Parallel" to help students learn mathematics
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2011· 2 entries
The Guardian: English libel law is a vulture circling the world | Simon Singh
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The Guardian: Nick Clegg's civil liberties speech strikes a welcome blow against libel tourism | Simon Singh
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2010· 2 entries
Awarded Leelavati Award (2010).
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Became the inaugural recipient of the Lilavati Award
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2008· 2 entries
Awarded Kelvin Prize (2008).
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For his achievements in promoting Physics to the general public
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2007· 1 entry
Awarded IET Kelvin Lecture (2007).
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2006· 1 entry
Was awarded an honorary Doctor of Design degree by the University of the West of England "in recognition of Simon Singh's outstanding contribution to the public understanding of science, in particular in the promotion
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2005· 1 entry
When he criticised the Katie Melua song "Nine Million Bicycles" for inaccurate lyrics referring to the size of the observable universe
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2003· 2 entries
Singh was made a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) for services to science, technology and engineering in education and science communication
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Singh was awarded an honorary degree of Doctor of Letters (honoris causa) by Loughborough University, and in 2005 was given an honorary degree in mathematics by the University of Southampton
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1998· 1 entry
Published “The Relational View: Cooperative Strategy and Sources of Interorganizational Competitive Advantage” in The Academy of Management Review — cited 33,721 times.
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1997· 1 entry
Began working on his second book, The Code Book, a history of codes and codebreaking
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1992· 1 entry
Published “Atoms, molecules, solids, and surfaces: Applications of the generalized gradient approximation for exchange and correlation” in Physical Review B — cited 21,766 times.
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1990· 1 entry
Singh returned to England and joined the BBC's Science and Features Department, where he was a producer and director working on programmes such as Tomorrow's World and Horizon
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1987· 1 entry
Singh taught science at The Doon School, an independent all-boys' boarding school in India
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1983· 1 entry
Was part of the UA2 experiment in CERN
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1964· 1 entry
Born 1964-09-19.
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