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Romantics might like to think of themselves as being composed of stardust. Cynics might prefer to think of themselves as nuclear waste.

Simon Singh

What seems certain is that Pythagoras developed the idea of mathematical logic... He realized that numbers exist independently of the tangible world and therefore their study was untainted by inaccuracies of perception. This meant he could discover truths which were independent of opinion of prejudice and which were more absolute then any previous knowledge.

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We are 13.7 billion light-years from the edge of the observable universe; that's a good estimate with well-defined error bars and with the available information, I predict that I will always be with you.

Simon Singh

All that was required to measure the planet was a man with a stick and a brain. In other words, couple an intellect with some experimental apparatus and almost anything seems achievable.

Simon Singh

Simon Singh

Simon Singh

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Born: September 19, 1964 (age 62)

Bio: Simon Lehna Singh is a British popular science author whose works largely contain a strong mathematical element.

Known for:

The Simpsons and Their Mathematical Secrets (2013)
Fermat's Last Theorem (1997)
Big Bang (2004)

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