Simon Singh grew up in Somerset, and completed his undergraduate work at Imperial College London, and his Ph.D. at Cambridge University and CERN. He has worked with the BBC's Science Department since 1990. In 1996, Singh directed the award-winning documentary "Fermat's Last Theorem". The documentary was also nominated for an Emmy under the American title "The Proof". He is the author of three books, including, "Big Bang", a history of cosmology. His first book, "Fermat's Last Theorem", was the first book about mathematics to become a No.1 bestseller in the UK.