Simon Singh, Freelance

After completing his Ph.D. in particle physics at Cambridge University, Simon Singh became a science journalist. He is the author of two bestselling books, "Fermat's Last Theorem" and "The Code Book", and prior to that he was a producer and director in the BBC TV Science Department. He has recently presented programmes on BBC radio and Channel 4 (The Science of Secrecy, Five Numbers, The Serendipity of Science). His website is at http://www.simonsingh.net