Simon Singh Professions : Author Born : September 19, 1964 Browse All Authors Top 4 quotes by 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 couple brain men Romantics might like to think of themselves as being composed of stardust. Cynics might prefer to think of themselves as nuclear waste. Simon Singh nuclear science thinking We are 13.7 billion light-years from the edge of the observable universe, That's a good estimate with well-defined error bars, Scientists say it's true, but acknowledge that it may be refined, And with the available information, I predict that I will always be with you. Simon Singh errors light years 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 than any previous knowledge. Simon Singh mathematical-logic independent ideas Similar Authors F. E. Marsh author Iimani David author Beatrice Faust author Isabella Macdonald Alden author Isabella Beeton author Alan AtKisson author All Authors