About the Author

Since 1991 Simon Singh has been writing, directing and producing for the BBC Science department. In the past he has produced the weekly magazine programme 'Tomorrow's World' . He directed the 'Horizon' about Andrew Wiles and his obsessive solving of Fermat's Last Theorem. He completed his PhD at Cambridge in 1990.

Reviews

'If you enjoyed Dava Sobel's Longitude you will enjoy this' Evening Standard 'Far from being a dry textbook it reads like the chronicle of an obsessive love affair. It has the classic ingredients that Hollywood would recognise' Daily Mail