" Science is organized common sense where many a beautiful theory was killed by an ugly fact". - Thomas Huxley
Simon Singh is an author, journalist and TV Producer, specializing in science and mathematics. Simon studied physics at Imperial College, London before completing a PhD in particle physics at Cambridge University and at CERN Geneva. In 1990 he 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.
Simon has previously written two best-selling books, Fermat's Last Theorem and The Code Book, and has produced and presented television adaptations of these for Channel 4. His most recent book is Big Bang: The Most Important Scientific Discovery of All Time and Why You Need to Know About It.
First broadcast on 28th October 2005.