Other Articles
This section contains popular articles published on themes unrelated to my main research field. Some of these are scholarly hobbies; some cover the intersection of faith and culture; some are fiction.
My very first publication (at the age of 9) was a design for a secret agent's pen, published in TV Century 21. Click on the graphic to see this!
Popular Press
A. J. H. Simons, Which star is energising the bright nebula IC434 in Orion, against which the Horsehead Nebula is silhouetted? In: The Sky at Night: Answers to Questions from Across the Universe, collated by Chris North and Sir Patrick Moore, (London: BBC Books, 2012), p171.
A. J. H. Simons, Leicester Junior Library, part 17 of the Paraxis Library Wall, a collage of micro-fiction. In: Paraxis, Volume 2, October, eds. C. Massey and A. Hedgecock (Paraxis, 2011).
A. J. H. Simons, The making of a contemporary translation. Christian Arena, December (Leicester: UCCF, 1987)
A. J. H. Simons, Bible translations: and how to choose between them. Christian Arena, September (Leicester: UCCF, 1986)
A. J. H. Simons, How are you doing? Christian Arena, June (Leicester: UCCF, 1985)
A. J. H. Simons, Il Faut Parler! French vocabulary revision booklet. (Pocklington: Pocklington School, 1983).
A. J. H. Simons, The Tengwar in English, part 2. Quettar, 19, March (Oxford: Tolkien Society, 1983).
A. J. H. Simons, The Tengwar in English, part 1. Quettar, 17-18 (Oxford: Tolkien Society, 1983).
A. J. H. Simons, Rock: a contribution to the current debate. Cubit, 7 (Leicester: UCCF, 1982)
A. J. H. Simons, May the experience be with you. Cubit, 3 (Leicester: UCCF, 1981)
A. J. H. Simons, Deadly toy: a secret agent's fountain pen. TV Century 21, Universe Edition 125, Dateline June 10, 2067 (Slough: Century 21 Productions, 1967).
Industry Press
W. M. L. Holcombe, Design for TEST - testing Java programs the easy way. An appreciation of A. J. H. Simons' software testing tool JWalk. TEST Magazine, October (ThirtyOne Media, 2013), p27.
C. Atkinson, J. Bezivin, P. Desfray, R. Due, R. Duke, D. Firesmith, Y. Gil, I. Graham, B. Henderson-Sellers, D. Kavanagh, G. Low, J. McKim, A. O'Callaghan, D. Mehandjiska-Stavrova, M. Page-Jones, T. Reenskaug, B. Selic, A. Simons, M. Singh, P. Swatman, K. Whitehead, R. Winder, H. Younessi, E. Yourdon and H. Ziv, The OPEN alternative. Object Expert, 2 (1), November/December, (1996).
Book Reviews
Just to be clear, these are reviews that I wrote of other people's books, which were published in academic journals. Some of these have been cited frequently.
A. J. H. Simons, Review of: Verification and Validation for Quality of UML 2.0 Models, by B. Unhelkar (Hoboken NJ: John Wiley, 2005), 271pp. In: Software Testing, Verification and Reliability, 16 (1), March, ed. M Woodward, (London: John Wiley, 2006), 62-64. DOI: 10.1002/stvr.341. ISSN: 1099-1689.
A. J. H. Simons, Review of: Extreme Programming Refactored: The Case Against XP, by M. Stephens and D. Rosenberg (Berkley CA: Apress, 2003), 540pp. In: Software Testing, Verification and Reliability, 15 (1), March, ed. M Woodward, (London: John Wiley, 2005), 63-64. DOI: 10.1002/stvr.315. ISSN: 1099-1689.
A. J. H. Simons, Review of: Object-Oriented Design and Programming, by R. Leach (Amsterdam: AP Professional, 1996), 480pp. In: Computer Bulletin, 8 (4), September, (London: British Computer Society, 1996), 28.
DOI: 10.1093/combul/38.4.28, ISSN: 1746-5702 (print), 1746-5710 (online).
A. J. H. Simons, Review of: Object-Oriented Type Systems, by J. Palsberg and M. Schwartzbach (London: John Wiley, 1993), 192pp. In: Computer Bulletin, 6 (4), September, (London: British Computer Society, 1994). ISSN: 1746-5702 (print), 1746-5710 (online).
A. J. H. Simons, Review of: Developing C++ Software, 2nd Edition, by R. Winder (London: John Wiley, 1993), 510pp. In: Computer Bulletin, 5 (4), September, (London: British Computer Society, 1993). ISSN: 1746-5702 (print), 1746-5710 (online).
A. J. H. Simons, Review of: Mastering C++, by C. Horstmann (London: John Wiley, 1991), 278pp. In: Computer Bulletin, edition unknown, (London: British Computer Society, 1993). ISSN: 1746-5702 (print), 1746-5710 (online).
A. J. H. Simons, Review of: Building Expert Systems in Prolog, by D. Merritt (New York: Springer-Verlag, 1989), 358pp. In: Computer Bulletin, 2 (6), August, (London: British Computer Society, 1990). ISSN: 1746-5702 (print), 1746-5710 (online).
A. J. H. Simons, Comparative reviews of: Introduction to Expert Systems, 1st Edition, by P. Jackson (Wokingham: Addison-Wesley, 1986), 246pp. and: Introduction to Expert Systems, by M. Gondran (London: McGraw Hill, 1986), 86pp. In: Computer Weekly, 4, September (London: TechTarget, 1986). ISSN: 0010-4787 (online).