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PREMIER MATH EDUCATION EVENT Learn more at nctm.org/annual and follow us on #NCTMannual The NCTM Annual Meeting & Exposition is ideal for PRE-K–12 TEACHERS MATH TEACHER EDUCATORS NEW AND PROSPECTIVE TEACHERS MATH COACHES AND SPECIALISTS MATH RESEARCHERS SCHOOL AND DISTRICT ADMINISTRATORS Saturday, April 8 | 12:30–1:30 p.m. Simon Singh is a science writer and broadcaster based in London. His books include Fermat’s Enigma, the first book about mathematics to become a No. 1 best seller in the U.K. He is also the author of The Code Book, Big Bang: The Origin of the Universe, Trick or Treatment? and The Simpsons and Their Mathematical Secrets. His BBC documentary about Fermat’s Last Theorem won a BAFTA award and an Emmy nomination. In 2003, for services to science education, Queen Elizabeth awarded him an MBE (member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire), which means that he has to go to bed wearing a suit of armor. (The bit about the armor is not actually true.) CLOSING SESSION SPEAKER: SIMON SINGH Meet & Greet SIMON SINGH

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Page 1: CLOSING SESSION SPEAKER: SIMON SINGH · Simon Singh is a science writer and broadcaster based in London. His books include Fermat’s Enigma, the first book about mathematics to become

P R E M I E R M AT H E D U C AT I O N E V E N T

Learn more at nctm.org/annual and follow us on #NCTMannual

The NCTM Annual Meeting &Exposition is ideal for

PRE-K–12 TEACHERS

MATH TEACHER EDUCATORS

NEW AND PROSPECTIVE TEACHERS

MATH COACHES AND SPECIALISTS

MATH RESEARCHERS

SCHOOL AND DISTRICT ADMINISTRATORS

Saturday, April 8 | 12:30–1:30 p.m.

Simon Singh is a science writer and broadcaster based in London. His books include Fermat’s Enigma, the first book about mathematics to become a No. 1 best seller in the U.K. He is also the author of The Code Book, Big Bang: The Origin of the Universe, Trick or Treatment? and The Simpsons and Their Mathematical Secrets. His BBC documentary about Fermat’s Last Theorem won a BAFTA award and an Emmy nomination. In 2003, for services to science education, Queen Elizabeth awarded him an MBE

(member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire), which means that he has to go to bed wearing a suit of armor. (The bit about the armor is not actually true.)

CLOSING SESSION SPEAKER: SIMON SINGH

Meet & GreetSIMON SINGH