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[[File:Simon Singh TAM London 2009.jpg|thumb|right|300px|[[Simon Singh]] speaking at [[TAM]] London October 2009, 3 October 2009.<br>
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[[File:Simon Singh TAM London 2009.jpg|thumb|right|300px|[[Simon Singh]] speaking at [[The Amazing Meeting|TAM]] London October 2009, 3 October 2009.<br>
  
 
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Singh describes himself as 'an author, journalist and TV producer, specialising in science and mathematics, the only two subjects I have the faintest clue about.'
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<ref>Simon Singh [http://simonsingh.net/ Homepage], accessed 15 August 2013</ref>
  
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==Background and education==
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According to his own account:
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:My parents emigrated from the Punjab in India to Britain in 1950. I grew up in Wellington, Somerset, and then went to [[Imperial College London]], where I studied physics, before completing a PhD in particle physics at Cambridge University and at CERN, Geneva. <ref name="boring">Simon Singh [http://simonsingh.net/simon-singh/boring-biog/ Boring biography], accessed 15 august 2013</ref>
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==Career==
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In 1990 Singh joined the [[BBC]]’s Science Department, 'where I was a producer and director in programmes such as ''[[Tomorrow’s World]]'' and ''[[Horizon]]''.' <ref name="boring"/>
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==Affiliations==
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*[[CASE]]
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*[[Sense About Science]]
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*[[Science Media Centre]] Board 2002-2012; Advisory committee 2012-present.
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*[[Libel Reform Campaign]] (run by [[Index on Censorship]], [[English PEN]] and [[Sense About Science]])
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==Contact==
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:Website: [http://simonsingh.net/ simonsingh.net]
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:Twitter: [https://twitter.com/SLSingh @SLSingh]
  
 
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Latest revision as of 10:52, 8 April 2014

Simon Singh speaking at TAM London October 2009, 3 October 2009.
Source credit: Gaius Cornelius under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license.

Singh describes himself as 'an author, journalist and TV producer, specialising in science and mathematics, the only two subjects I have the faintest clue about.' [1]

Background and education

According to his own account:

My parents emigrated from the Punjab in India to Britain in 1950. I grew up in Wellington, Somerset, and then went to Imperial College London, where I studied physics, before completing a PhD in particle physics at Cambridge University and at CERN, Geneva. [2]

Career

In 1990 Singh joined the BBC’s Science Department, 'where I was a producer and director in programmes such as Tomorrow’s World and Horizon.' [2]

Affiliations

Contact

Website: simonsingh.net
Twitter: @SLSingh

Notes

  1. Simon Singh Homepage, accessed 15 August 2013
  2. 2.0 2.1 Simon Singh Boring biography, accessed 15 august 2013