![]() ![]() After presenting The Science of Secrecy, a 5-part series for Channel 4, Simon’s credibility and audience appeal has become unquestionable. ![]() When his incredibly successful work, The Code Book came out, Simon presented a history of codes and codebreaking to a rapt young audience, and depicted how cryptography is more important in the current information age than ever before.įuelled by the success of The Code Book, Simon’s TV career has been reinvigorated. The American version of the documentary was nominated for an Emmy, and the book that the film was based on became a number one seller in the UK. Fermat's Last Theorem won a BAFTA in 1996, and explained the world's most notorious mathematical problem to the masses, as well as putting Simon on the map. His first job after graduating was with the BBC's Science Department, where he produced and directed many science themed shows, including Horizon and Tomorrow’s World. When Simon’s family moved to England from India in 1950, they settled in Somerset, where Simon’s early education took place before he went on to study physics at Imperial College in London, before completing a PhD in particle physics at Cambridge University and at CERN, in Switzerland. When it comes to cosmology, mathematics, information security and science, no one is better qualified than best-selling author and award winning documentary director, Simon Singh, as a keynote speaker, who also speaks widely on the pros and cons of alternative medicine. ![]()
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